Missing three-year-old girl found dead in Langkawi, murder suspected

LANGKAWI (Bernama): A three-year-old girl reported missing in February has been found dead in the Gunung Raya jungle area here on Wednesday (March 6), and is believed to have been murdered.

Police found the body of Nur Aisyah Aleya Abdullah at 11.30am after they were led to the spot by a man suspected to have been involved in the disappearance of the girl, said Langkawi district police chief Supt Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim.

It was previously reported that Nur Aisyah was went missing while in the custody of a married couple, who initially could not be found.

The police launched a search for a 37-year-old man and his 40-year-old wife and picked up a married couple in Ampang, Selangor, on March 5 to assist in the investigation. – Bernama

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