{
  "id": 4154759,
  "title": "KL family of 4 found dead, husband left note claiming wife lost S$82,000 to love scammer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/kl-family-of-4-found-dead-husband-left-note-claiming-wife-lost-s-82",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T18:18:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/kl-love-scammer/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a family of four - a 48-year-old man, his 47-year-old wife, and their two young children - were found dead at their residence in Desa ParkCity. The police have ruled their deaths as murder after conducting post-mortem examinations.\n\nA note believed to have been left by the 48-year-old man claimed that his family had suffered significant financial losses, totaling RM260,000 (S$82,049), due to his wife's alleged contact with a love scammer.\n\nUpon receiving a report of a man possibly having fallen from a residential building, police arrived at the scene around 3:32pm on August 27. They were subsequently met by the distressing sight of three individuals deceased in separate rooms, all suffering from serious neck injuries. A five-centimeter stab wound was discovered on the nine-year-old girl's neck, and a knife, along with a pair of gloves, were found in the main bedroom, believed to have been used in the killings.\n\nCommissioner Fadil Marsus of Kuala Lumpur police confirmed that the husband, a company director, expressed regret in the note over what he believed was his wife's involvement with the scammer. The husband was later found dead from a fall from the building. The police are currently investigating the tragic incident as a case of murder.",
  "summary": "Police are investigating the deaths of the 47-year-old woman and her two children as murder.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}