DNA results could link suspect to murdered village girl

SIBU: Police raced against time to gather evidence to solve the murder of Britney Clement, 9, following the arrest of a former security guard who is her aunts husband.

Sibu police chief ACP Mohd Kamal Kordi when contacted yesterday said police had sent DNA samples collected from the dead girl and the suspect, whom they arrested at his longhouse in Sg Naman village.

We are now waiting for the results of the DNA tests, he said.

When asked whether the suspect would be sent for psychiatric examination, Kamal said they had yet to do so and the case was still under investigation.

Multiple scratches found on the suspects chest and back led the cops to solve the case in less than 24 hours.

At first the suspect claimed he got the scratches from cutting grass.

Later he claimed those scratches were caused by his wife in a quarrel.

The suspect was taken back to the police station last Friday along with the deceaseds 20-year-old sister and a male cousin to assist police investigation.

He allegedly killed the village girl after failing to rape her after attending a New Year countdown celebration.

It is understood that the suspect had tried to rape Britney because he was jealous that she sent her cousin home in waist-deep flood after the New Year countdown.

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DNA results could link suspect to murdered village girl