Murder-suicide suspected as woman, 66, found dead after husband jumped from building
Hong Kong police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after an 80-year-old man allegedly jumped to his death from a residential building, shortly before officers found his 66-year-old wife dead inside their flat. The force said on Monday that a security guard from Kwai Chung Estate, a public housing estate in Kwai Tsing, reported that the man had fallen from a height at Chun Kwai House at…
Police in Hong Kong are probing a suspected murder-suicide after an 80-year-old man was found dead from a fall from a residential building, just before his 66-year-old wife was discovered deceased inside their flat. The incident occurred at Kwai Chung Estate, a public housing complex in Kwai Tsing, on Sunday evening when a security guard reported the elderly man falling from a significant height at Chun Kwai House around 11:30 PM.
His spouse was later discovered collapsed inside their shared living space within the same building. Both individuals were pronounced dead on the scene. Authorities have determined the deaths to be suspicious and have classified the case as a murder-suicide.
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