Boutique owner found murdered
BY ANDREW SAGAYAM AND NELSON BENJAMINPETALING JAYA: The 26-year-old co-owner of a children’s boutique was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in her shoplot at a newly opened shopping complex in Mutiara Damansara here.
Goh Lee Fang, 26, who had multiple stab wounds on her body, was found by one of her partners at 1.15pm yesterday sprawled in a pool of blood at the back office of the Ovo - The Difference boutique, located on the first floor of the Curve.
A man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, was the last person to enter the shop at about 10.30am but no one saw him leave.
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GOH: Was found with multiple stab wounds at her boutique in Petaling Jaya. |
Police found Goh’s cellphone missing but her wallet containing RM500 and her watch and other personal items were intact.
Initial review of the tapes of the closed-circuit television cameras installed inside the complex has not produced any positive lead.
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Goh's grandmother being helped by relatives after identifying the body of the boutique owner at the hospital mortuary Thursday. - STARpic by Azhar Mahfof |
It is learnt that Goh was the youngest of three siblings and come from a well-to-do family. She drove a Toyota Harrier and opened the boutique in December with two close friends.
Goh’s body was sent to the University Malaya Medical Centre mortuary. Family members identified her body at about 7.30pm.
It is learnt that Goh’s father, who is in Dubai on a business trip, is expected to return today. He works as a general manager of a plantation group.
Sources said Goh lived with her grandmother and two siblings as her father travelled frequently overseas on business matters. Goh’s mother had died when she was young.
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