Cancer patient, daughter found dead
JOHOR BARU: A woman suffering from cancer was found hanged at her house in Skudai last night after she allegedly strangled her 10-year-old daughter, according to police.
Johor Baru North District Police deputy chief Superintendent Beh Eng Lai said the bodies of J. Sumathi, 45, and K. Arthhinee were found by Sumathi’s husband, T. Krishakumar, at 10pm after he returned home to Taman Skudai Indah from work.
Their two older children had also returned home at the same time after having gone to a shopping mall in Tampoi to buy school items, Beh said in a statement yesterday.
Hospital staff who examined the bodies said Sumathi and Arthhinee had died about three hours earlier, about 7pm, he said.
He said Sumathi was found hanged in the gym room on the ground floor while Arthhinee’s body, with strangulation marks, was found on the first floor.
Beh said one of the children had tried to call Sumathi several times about 7pm, but the calls went unanswered.
When Krishakumar and the children returned home, they found the front door locked and they had to use a spare key to open it, he said, adding that they found the bodies of Sumathi and Arthhinee.
Beh said an investigation found that Sumathi was suffering from stage-four cancer and had often complained to the family that she did not want to live anymore.
He said the bodies were sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital. Bernama