Two residents commit suicide in less than 24 hours

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has reported two cases of suspected suicide involving local residents in less than 24 hours.

The first case occurred on the evening of January 13 around 11 p.m., when a 55-year-old man was found lying on the ground outside the building where he resided.

It was the family of the deceased who alerted the authorities with a call to the emergency hotline at 11:08 p.m.

After arriving on the scene, the responding firemen found the man to be severely wounded and alerted the PJ. After being taken to the hospital, the man eventually died.

A preliminary investigation by the PJ found that the deceased fell from the rooftop of his residence. Injuries found on his body were consistent with falling from such a height. No suicide note was found at the scene. According to his family’s testimony, the man had a history of suicide attempts, but the PJ is still investigating the case and are not yet ruling out other possibilities.

The second case, reported by the same police force, occurred at around 2:30 p.m. on January 14, when the PJ received advice from the Public Security Police Force that a woman had been found in the podium of a building located at Fai Chi Kei neighborhood in Macau.

The woman, identified as a 22-year-old local resident, was suspected to have fallen from a height and was certified dead after being taken to the hospital.

Upon investigation, the PJ learned that a resident from the same building heard a loud noise around 2 p.m. and, upon looking out of his window, spotted a person lying on the floor of the building podium.

He informed the PJ that he was the one who called the police for help. He also told the PJ that he knew the person, as she was a resident from his building.

The PJ is still investigating the cause of this incident.