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The decomposing body of an elderly man was found in his Punggol flat after a neighbour discovered maggots in her home. In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they were alerted to a case of unnatural death at Block 405A Northshore Drive at abouElderly man dies in Punggol flat, neighbour called cops after maggots crawl into home
The decomposing body of an elderly man was found in his Punggol flat after a neighbour discovered maggots in her home. In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they were alerted to a case of unnatural death at Block 405A Northshore Drive at about 10am last Friday (Aug 23). A 71-year-old man was found lying motionless in a residential unit and pronounced dead at scene. A neighbour surnamed Deng, who lives in the flat across from the deceased's home, told Shin Min Daily News on Sunday that his older sister had been trying to contact him. One week before the grim discovery, the sister had personally asked Deng to call her if she sees her brother. «I knocked on the elderly man's door a few days later but there was no response,» said the 57-year-old cleaner. «I thought he was asleep and saw that his window was open the next day, so I didn't think much of it.» But while Deng was resting at home on Friday morning, she noticed a large number of maggots in her home. «The bugs were squirming and looked like the type of bugs found on corpses,» she said. Read more