An ordinary day with a gory ending

Overcome with grief: Koay (second from left) being comforted by family members soon after identifying her sons

PETALING JAYA: By all accounts, it was an ordinary day at home with the maid smiling at the neighbours and police verifying later that she was loved by the children in the family.

“Agnes was very liked by the family and the boys really loved her,” Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Junaidi Bujang said, referring to the Indonesian maid who had been accused of killing half-brothers Koay Jia Hong, five, and 18-month-old Melvin Selvam Joseph before committing suicide at their home on Tuesday evening.