Seremban: Three family members were found dead in a house in Taman Bukit Kristal near here, at about 4.53 pm yesterday. Seremban district police chief, ACP Mohamad Hatta Che Din, reported receiving information from the public about a foul smell coming from the locked house.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, police and fire brigade personnel responded by going to the house and cutting the padlock on the house’s gate. Upon inspection, they discovered three bodies in a state of decomposition in two bedrooms of the house. The deceased were identified as family members: a 61-year-old man, his 59-year-old wife, and their 30-year-old son.

Mohamad Hatta noted that a forensic examination revealed a cut on the right arm of the couple’s son, while the parents’ bodies did not exhibit any suspicious signs. Four knives with blood stains, believed to have been used during the incident, were also found, along with various types of drugs on a table in the living room.

The bodies have been sent to Rembau Hospital for post-mortem examinations to determine the cause of death. The case is currently classified as sudden death, pending the complete post-mortem report.