A 92-year-old mother and her 70-year-old son were found dead on 22 October morning at an 11th-storey flat in Block 285 Tampines Street 22.
Here’s what happened.
Stench From Flat Started One Week Ago
Neighbours told Shin Min Daily News that they started to notice a foul smell coming from the flat about a week ago.
However, they thought that it might just be a resident cooking up some particularly nasty dish, so they didn’t investigate further.
However, someone called the police at 11.56am on Saturday, and found the mother and son lying motionless on the ground. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Preliminary investigations do not suggest any foul play. Investigations are still ongoing.
Multiple Cases of Death Without Anyone Knowing
This isn’t the first time that an elderly person has died in their flat without anyone realising it.
In fact, most of them stayed unnoticed in their flat for a week, and one extreme case was dead in their flat for a year.
Despite their remains being found much later, neighbours usually start to notice a nasty smell within days of the person passing away. However, most people just ignored the smell and didn’t report it.
Join our Telegram channel for more entertaining and informative articles at https://t.me/goodyfeedsg or download the Goody Feed app here: https://goodyfeed.com/app/
In the extreme case where the deceased’s remains were found a year later, the condominium’s management only discovered the dead woman after investigating letters piling up outside the flat.
The woman actually lived alone with her dog, which then brings up the question: did the neighbours not hear the dog barking?
By the time the management investigated the flat in November 2020, both woman and dog were dead for over a year. For reference, neighbours reported a stench from the flat since February 2019. One can’t even use the excuse of COVID-19 lockdowns to say that they didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.
In another case, an elderly woman was found dead in her HDB flat a week after passing away. Neighbours grew concerned after not seeing her around for a while, and found the woman dead when they opened her front door in September 2021.
As neighbours, perhaps we should pay more attention to our elderly neighbours, especially those who live alone.
Read Also:
- S’pore’s Love, Bonito, That Started as a Blogshop, Now Eyeing IPO
- 2.6 Million Carousell Account Details Being Sold in the Dark Web for $1,000
- Man Caught Buying His Driving Licence Card for $200 at a Petrol Station
- Both ‘Tutor’ & Student Caught on Camera Crying During a Maths Tuition Session
- 56YO Woman, Who’s a Grandma of 3, Marrying Her 19YO Boyfriend
Featured Image: Shin Min Daily News
Over in TikTok, there’s a drama involving property agents that’s caused by us. Here’s what happened:
Read Also:
- Singles Can Now Buy BTO Flats From All Locations
- Popular Zi Char Closing Down on 29 Dec As There’s No One to Take Over
- LTA Confirms That Electric Riding Suitcase Must Be Registered With LTA Before They Can Be Used
- Weird Ads With No Context & Brand Appear in MRT Stations
- Xiaohongshu Post Lists S’pore’s School Uniform As Top 10 in Asia, But There’s Something Very Wrong
- You Can Have 300GB of Local Data & 2GB of Roaming Data for Less Than $19 Per Month
Advertisements
