The 24-year-old maid who had been working for the girl's family will be charged with murder tomorrow. If convicted, she faces the death sentence. She has been officially arrested for the murder of 12-year-old Linda Li Yi Ling.
Neighbours had told the Chinese evening daily that the maid had not worked very long for the family. She had been sent back to the maid agency before for unsatisfactory work performance. However, the family took her back after deciding to give her another chance.
She lived with her parents on the fourth floor and studied at the Asian Women's Welfare Association's Special Needs School in Yio Chu Kang. Neighbours said that the girl was friendly, and liked to greet people, although her vocabulary was limited. She could say words like "papa", "mama", "hello" and "bye-bye". They would often see the maid bringing her to buy ice-cream from the neighbourhood's provision shop, and dinner from the nearby food centre.
Her body was lying on its side on the ground. How did she end up there? What happened? Police said they received a call at 6.05am informing them that a young girl was found dead at the foot of Block 573 at Hougang Street 51. The girl was pronounced dead 15 minutes later. Police has classified the case as murder.
Madam Koh, a food stall owner, said that she visited Linda every Sunday as it was her day off. "She was a very good girl," she said in Mandarin. She added that her son had called early yesterday morning and said through tears that her grandchild was dead.
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