Hong Kong man believed to have jumped to his death after killing neighbour in bungled burglary
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide case in which a 26-year-old man allegedly jumped to his death after killing his neighbour during a bungled burglary.
Police said at a press conference, and in a press release, that at about 6 pm on Tuesday, they received a report from a 66-year-old woman about her elder brother being missing since Monday afternoon.
At about 1:15 pm on Wednesday, they discovered the body of her 77-year-old brother inside a travel bag at his home in a subdivided unit of the Man Lee Industrial Building in Kwai Chung.
At about 1:35 pm the same day, a pedestrian reported the body of a a man lying outside Fu Ching House on the nearby Tai Wo Hau Estate. The 26-year-old, who was the neighbour of the victim, was suspected to have fallen to his death from the building.
Police said they believe the 26-year-old burgled the home of the older man and strangled him after he was caught red-handed.
“Due to the hot weathe,r and the fact that the victim was killed two or three days ago, forensic examinations showed that the body had started to decompose,” Chau Kin-hung, chief inspector for Kwai Tsing district, said in Cantonese.
“The 26-year-old man told his friends and family through communication software that he had killed someone by mistake and he intended to commit suicide.”
Police said post-mortems would be conducted to establish the cause of the two deaths.
| 💡If you are in need of support, please call: The Samaritans 2896 0000 (24-hour, multilingual), Suicide Prevention Centre 2382 0000 or the Social Welfare Department 2343 2255. The Hong Kong Society of Counselling and Psychology provides a WhatsApp hotline in English and Chinese: 6218 1084. See also: HKFP’s comprehensive guide to mental health services in Hong Kong. |
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