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Foul smell leads Singapore man to find blood-soaked father, 63, slumped on toilet floor 3 days after death
- Older man habitually locked himself in room following death of wife, worried son enters room after 3 days, finds blood, maggot covered dad
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A man in Singapore who lived in the same flat as his father went on doing so unaware that the older man had been dead for three days.
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On May 23, Riduan, a 41-year-old cleaner, discovered his 63-year-old father’s body, covered in blood and riddled with maggots, in their shared home in Hougang, northeastern Singapore, the news outlet Shin Min Daily News reported.
He became aware after noticing a foul smell coming from his father’s locked bedroom.
Riduan had last seen him three days before when the older man came out of his room to get food.
“As my dad rarely left his room, I didn’t notice anything amiss,” Riduan said.
Following the death of his mother last year the man’s father usually stayed in his locked bedroom.
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