An elderly woman in her late 60s was found dead inside her Tampines HDB unit, and when officers found her body, it was reportedly seeping liquid out of the unit.
The Singapore Police Force confirmed that they received a call for help on 24 April at about 10.42 pm and found a 68-year-old woman unconscious in the unit at Tampines.
She was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Shin Min Daily News reported that police officers arrived at the scene and the immediate area was cordoned off at Block 885A Tampines Street 83 at a unit on the 12th floor of the building.
SMDN reported that a dead body was recovered from the unit, with the deceased being a woman in her 60s who was living alone at home.
23-year-old national serviceman Mr Zhang, who lives near the deceased, told SMDN that she would usually head out for walks and appeared to be in good health over the last 10 years.
Zhang added that however, he last saw the deceased about a week ago, and when he passed by the deceased’s home the night before she was discovered, he didn’t notice any strange smells emanating from the unit.
When he later returned home, the police officers were already there and trying to forcibly enter the unit.
Another unnamed neighbour spoke to SMDN and that they said that they noticed a foul stench coming from the unit, with some of them noticing liquid seeping out from under the door of the home.
One of the neighbours was believed to have called the police for help when they noticed that something wasn’t quite right.
The neighbours said that the deceased used to live in the unit with her daughter before the latter moved away and that she would sometimes be gone for extended periods, staying at her daughter’s place instead.