The teenage college girl whose charred remains were found by residents Kampung Lembah Jaya Utara in Ampang on Sept 5 could have been killed after ignoring sexual advances of her boyfriend, the prime suspect who is now under remand.
"We believe the victim resisted the boyfriend's sexual approaches at his family's home in Selangor. She was then suffocated to death and then burnt as a means of disposing evidence," said Federal Crime Investigation Department (CID) director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin when met at the Selangor police headquarters in Shah Alam yesterday.
He said an autopsy on the victim, Nurul Awati Mohamad Shakri, 19, was complete.
Police hope to submit their investigation papers on the case to the deputy public prosecutor next week.
The suspect, also 19, is a second-year Bachelor of Quantity Surveying student at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Bandar Baru Seri Iskandar, Perak. On Tuesday, police obtained a week-long extension of his remand order until Tuesday.
He was arrested by Ampang police outside the university campus on Sept 13. Police seized the suspect’s mobile phone, a Perodua Kancil belonging to his family and other material evidence. Strands of hair from the car was sent to the forensics department to determine whether they matched the victim's DNA.
On Sept 5, Kampung Lembah Jaya Utara residents found the charred remains of a halfnaked girl in the bushes by the roadside just metres from their houses.
The victim, was identified four days later by her father who recognised her gold bracelet, gold earrings and what was left of her baju kurung.Nurul Awati was studying at Maahad Tahfiz At-Tijarah in Selayang and resided in Danau Kota, Setapak.
Police have identified two petrol stations in Ampang where the suspect could have brought fuel to torch his girlfriend. They also retrieved closed-circuit television images from both stations. The suspect's family lives in Taman Ukay Perdana, Hulu Klang.
