26 June 2013| last updated at 12:33AM
'Decapitated body that of young woman'
By T.N. ALAGESH | [email protected]
GRUESOME: Passerby finds half-burnt corpse
KUANTAN: POLICE have ascertained that the charred remains of a decapitated body, which was found near the Genting Skyway roundabout in Genting Highlands, Bentong, on Monday belong to a young woman.
State Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zakaria Ahmad said the victim's hands, feet and head were missing, and police believe the body parts were hacked off before the body was set on fire.
He said investigations revealed that the victim could have been dead for less than 48 hours.
"The body was wrapped in plastic and newspaper before the perpetrator splashed kerosene and set it on fire. Investigations revealed that the victim was decapitated elsewhere before the body was burnt at the scene.
"The victim had fair skin, but we are yet to determine if she was a local or foreigner. No identification documents were found at the scene," he said yesterday.
On Monday, a man who was relieving himself near some bushes located some 250m from Taman Gohtong Jaya made the grisly discovery at 5.15pm before he alerte
d the police.
A police team from Bentong rushed to the scene. The remains were brought to Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital here for post- mortem.
