3 bodies in 1 week: Elderly residents who lived alone found dead in Whampoa, Clementi and Hougang

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The body of an elderly woman who lived alone was found in her flat at Block 460, Clementi Avenue 3 on Wednesday (April 3), marking the third such case reported this week. The deceased, 87, was discovered in the living room. She was believed to have died after suffering a fall, according to a neighbour interviewed by Shin Min Daily...

The body of a 67-year-old man was found in his Hougang flat on Tuesday .The body of an elderly woman who lived alone was found in her flat at Block 460, Clementi Avenue 3 on Wednesday , marking the third such case reported this week.

"I thought it was the stench of rotting food and didn't think much about it," she said. However, the smell only got stronger and the police were eventually called in.According to Shin Min, police confirmed that they had received a report on the unnatural death. An 87-year-old woman was found unconscious in the flat and later pronounced dead.

The smell got stronger the next morning, which prompted the helper to investigate the source of the stench, reported Shin Min.A neighbour who lived on the same floor as the deceased told reporters that the elderly woman had lived with her father and brother before they both died.

 

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