A missing 15-year old girl was found dead in a sack, with her limbs tied and in a decomposed state.
Coimbatore: A 15-year old girl who had been reported missing was found dead by a garbage collector in a sack, with her limbs tied and in a decomposed state. Her parents confirmed her identity.
The girl's corpse was found by a garbage collector in Yamuna Nagar area of Saravanampatti on Thursday morning. The foul-smelling sack reportedly caught the attention of the garbage collector who was taken aback to find a girl’s corpse in a decomposed state. Her hands and feet were tied in a sack which had been thrown into a bush.
The public who were notified called the Saravanampatti police who immediately rushed to the spot and recovered the corpse. Investigations revealed that the girl was the 15-year old daughter of a couple from Sivanandapuram Maruti Nagar who had gone missing on Saturday. Parents confirmed that the corpse was their daughter.
The girl's mother, who has been separated from her husband for the past eight years was working as a labourer in Maruti Nagar area with her two daughters. She mentioned that her second daughter never returned home on Saturday. The Saravanampatti police and forensic experts are working closely to investigate with the help of sniffer dogs.