A 43-year-old woman was found murdered in an agricultural field near Venkannapalem Junction, Anakapalle, on Friday.
The victim was identified as Rajanna Sai Bharathi, a resident of Darji Nagar, a suburb in the rural part of Anakapalle.
According to Chodavaram Police Station Circle-Inspector Kiran Kumar, the woman, a divorcee was staying with her mother and went out at about 8 p.m. on Thursday on her two-wheeler and did not return home.
In the morning, her body was found with a stab injury. Her two-wheeler was parked on the road.
She was divorced about 15 years ago and her husband and two children were living in Eluru.
Ten years ago she was a dancer in drama troupes and thereafter retired from the profession.
