Relative Finds Couple Dead

"Kuala Lumpur, Malay - The couple found dead at Idaman Sutera Apartments in Medan Idaman, Setapak is believed to be a case of murder-cum-suicide.

"Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said the woman, Brenda Elizabeth Karen Pereira, 43, who worked as a secretary with the Asian Football Confederation, was found slashed in the abdomen, while her husband, Gerard Lopez Robert Lopez, 44, a taxi driver, had slash wounds on his wrists and hands.

"`There was no sign of a break in and all their belongings were intact.` Zakaria added that a parang was found at the scene prompting police to believe that no one else was in the house at the time.

"The wife was found semi-nude and the husband was nude when the relative found them, he said.

"Zakaria said the couple were dead for at least two days."

From The New Straits Times Online...