Within a period of about six hours, the Judiciary Police (PJ) has reported two separate cases involving local residents found lifeless at their respective homes.
In the first case, the PJ was alerted by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) and the Fire Service Bureau (CB) that a 61-year-old male was found dead at his home in the Seac Pai Van social housing estate.
According to the initial report, the body was found after neighbors complained of a bad smell coming from his apartment. Firefighters broke into the apartment and found the man lying on the floor outside the bedroom door.
According to the preliminary investigation, the man lived alone in the apartment.
The PJ said the body was showing signs of decomposition, indicating death had occurred several days earlier. No evidence was found at the scene or on the body to indicate a crime.
In the second case, reported a few hours later, the body of a 75-year-old woman was found at her home in Fai Chi Kei. The building management company called the police after a strong smell was detected emanating from an apartment and when no one answered the door.
The PSP and the CB entered the apartment and found the woman’s body in the living room.
As in the first case, the PJ investigators did not find any suspicious evidence to indicate a crime.
In both cases, the cause of death will be determined through forensic examination. Both cases have temporarily been classified as “body findings.”
