Only one person involved in autistic child's murder, say police
Published on: Monday, December 11, 2023
By: Bernama
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Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said police were now scrutinising dashcam recordings obtained from several apartment residents to trace the movements of the killer. (Bernama pic)
KLANG: Based on leads so far, police believe that only one person was involved in the murder of six-year-old autistic boy Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin from the Idaman Apartment in Damansara Damai, Petaling Jaya, last week.
Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said this was based on the leads, strangulation marks and signs of struggle found on the boy’s body.
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“We believe this case involves only one person.
“We have considered all angles, gone through the police database, and carried out mass screenings.
“We hope to gain significant leads to apprehend the offender,” he told reporters here today.
Hussein urged the public to refrain from speculations and give police space to focus on their investigation based on the facts of the case.
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Zayn was reported missing last Tuesday and his body was found the following day in a stream about 200m from the block he lived in at Apartment Idaman.
Hussein said police are scrutinising the dashcam recordings obtained from several apartment residents.
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“We did not find the body when we searched that spot in the morning, but we found it that night.
“So it is possible that (the murderer) disposed of the body there when it was raining heavily that evening,” said Hussein when asked about the time the victim’s body was disposed of at the stream.
On the objective of the police in inspecting the storage facility, located about 50m from Block R, Apartment Idaman, yesterday, he said it was to investigate those who hung out in the area and to ascertain if the offender had been there.
“So we checked out the fingerprints found there. The investigation is still ongoing.
“We are looking at all angles, whether the suspect is from within or outside the area. We do not want to rule out any possibility,” he said.
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