The body, discovered in April in a Teban Gardens flat, was in such an advanced state of decomposition that forensic specialists could not lift the thumbprints.
SINGAPORE: A coroner's court on Monday confirmed the identity of a woman who was found dead in the kitchen toilet of her Housing Board flat, using circumstantial evidence after her fingerprints, DNA samples and dental records yielded dead ends.
Mdm Tham's niece went down to the flat on Apr 23, after her uncle was notified of the issue, but was unable to get a response by knocking on the door. Mdm Tham's facial features were also"beyond recognition", he said. There were no signs of ransack, forced entry or struggle, and valuables were intact in the unit.
Next, DNA was extracted from bone marrow taken from the body, and Mdm Tham's older brother's DNA samples were sent for DNA profiling. Mdm Tham's niece said the older woman usually wore a jade bangle and a metallic watch on her wrist, and the body found in the toilet bore these items, also on the wrist.
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