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Man found dead by daughter
No suspects arrested yet for the murder on Thursday; victim not known to have enemies
By Carolyn Quek and Elizabeth Wilmot
Officers turned up at the crime scene in the early hours of the morning. -- ST PHOTOS: JOYCE FANG
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THE naked body of an elderly man was found in his bedroom on Thursday night by his daughter who lived with him.
Retiree Koh Sam Hong, 73, was dead - killed by a single stab wound to his chest.
A kitchen knife was found several centimetres away from his body.
At press time, police had yet to arrest any one.
Mr Koh's daughter, who is in her 30s, returned to their flat in Toa Payoh on Thursday night and found her father lying face-up on the floor of his bedroom.
Policemen buzzed in and out of the flat through the early hours of yesterday but neighbours slept through it.
When The Straits Times visited the scene on Friday morning, forensic officers were seen entering Mr Koh's flat while an investigation officer was talking to a woman - believed to be Mr Koh's daughter - at the void deck.
Mr Koh had moved into the 40th-floor unit in the recently-renovated Block 79C four months ago.
He has six children but only his youngest daughter, who works as a chemist, lives with him.
No suspects arrested yet for the murder on Thursday; victim not known to have enemies
By Carolyn Quek and Elizabeth Wilmot
Officers turned up at the crime scene in the early hours of the morning. -- ST PHOTOS: JOYCE FANG
View more photos
THE naked body of an elderly man was found in his bedroom on Thursday night by his daughter who lived with him.
Retiree Koh Sam Hong, 73, was dead - killed by a single stab wound to his chest.
A kitchen knife was found several centimetres away from his body.
At press time, police had yet to arrest any one.
Mr Koh's daughter, who is in her 30s, returned to their flat in Toa Payoh on Thursday night and found her father lying face-up on the floor of his bedroom.
Policemen buzzed in and out of the flat through the early hours of yesterday but neighbours slept through it.
When The Straits Times visited the scene on Friday morning, forensic officers were seen entering Mr Koh's flat while an investigation officer was talking to a woman - believed to be Mr Koh's daughter - at the void deck.
Mr Koh had moved into the 40th-floor unit in the recently-renovated Block 79C four months ago.
He has six children but only his youngest daughter, who works as a chemist, lives with him.