KUALA LUMPUR: The body of a woman found under the Klang River bridge on Monday (July 28) is believed to be a missing private college student.
Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said police received a missing person's report on July 26 from the victim's sister.
"The investigation found that the victim asked her sister to pick her up at the Putra Heights LRT station at noon on July 25, but the victim was unreachable," he said in a statement on Wednesday (July 30).
He said a post-mortem examination conducted on the victim at Sultan Idris Shah Hospital in Serdang, found no signs of a struggle or criminal elements on the victim's body but the full report is still awaiting laboratory results.
Further examination of the victim's body found a key in her pocket. The police subsequently searched a house believed to be the victim's residence in the Jalan Klang Lama area.
"A review of the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage found that the victim was in the area before shw was reported missing," he said.
He also said the initial identification by the next-of-kin confirmed that the clothes on the victim's body was hers but identity verification is still pending fingerprint matching.
On Monday, the body of an unidentified woman was found lying face down on rocks under the Klang River bridge near Jalan Jurutera, Puchong at 11.58am. However, no identification documents or personal belongings were found. – Bernama
