Sharaban K, left, and Khadidja O, right, in a composite image.
Sharaban K, left, and Khadidja O, right, in a composite image.
  • A prosecutor in the "doppelgänger murder" trial said the suspect wanted to "start a new life."
  • She said the suspect wanted to fake her own death to escape her religious community and family.
  • Complications arose in her Yazidi family due to her separation from her husband, reports said.

The woman standing trial for what has been dubbed the "doppelgänger murder" may have been driven by a desire to break free from her religious community and "start a new life," according to a prosecutor.