Jururawat Annie John Diamas ditemui mati

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KOTA KINABALU: A 39-year-old nurse, missing since Saturday, was found murdered and dumped in a drain near a housing area at Kingfisher Park here.

The half-naked and decomposing body of Annie John Diamas (pic) was spotted by residents, who found the victim inside a narrow and deep drain at about 11.40am yesterday.

There was indication of a head injury, said acting Sabah deputy police commissioner SAC Tan Kok Liang at the scene.

He said the victim was discovered only with clothes on her upper body.

Annie, who worked at the Kudat Hospital in northern Sabah, had been here with her fiance on Sept 30 to attend courses at Open University Malaysia at Jalan Lintas.

She was believed to have gone missing after 5pm on Saturday when her family could not contact her after she left her fiance’s house in Penampang to attend the course.
A policeman investigationg Annie's body which was found dead in the drain.

Subsequently, her family members found her car parked along Lorong Dewan near a budget hotel here at about 2am on Sunday and immediately lodged a police report.

Her father John Diamas told reporters on Sunday that Annie had spoken to her fiance at about 3pm on Saturday to inform him that she was attending classes and then going to the hospital to visit her grandmother who was hospitalised at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Searching for clues: Police conducting investigations at the crime scene where Annie’s body was found in a drain at Kingfisher Park in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.

Annie’s mother also tried to call her at about 7pm on Saturday but could not reach her as her phone was switched off.

There was a missed call from Annie to her fiance at about 7.30pm but when he tried to contact her, the cellphone was switched off.