Kovan double deaths: Murder suspected, and bodies believed to be father and son

Residents milling around the cordoned off area in Hillside Drive where an elderly man was found dead. About 1km away, another body was found on the road. Police suspect the case to be murder and said the two are believed to be father and son. The pol
Residents milling around the cordoned off area in Hillside Drive where an elderly man was found dead. About 1km away, another body was found on the road. Police suspect the case to be murder and said the two are believed to be father and son. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: JALELAH ABU BAKER
Residents milling around the cordoned off area in Hillside Drive where an elderly man was found dead. About 1km away, another body was found on the road. Police suspect the case to be murder and said the two are believed to be father and son. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: JALELAH ABU BAKER
Residents milling around the cordoned off area in Hillside Drive where an elderly man was found dead. About 1km away, another body was found on the road. Police suspect the case to be murder and said the two are believed to be father and son. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: JALELAH ABU BAKER
Residents milling around the cordoned off area in Hillside Drive where an elderly man was found dead. About 1km away, another body was found on the road. Police suspect the case to be murder and said the two are believed to be father and son. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: JALELAH ABU BAKER
Police stand beside a tent covering a body found outside Kovan MRT. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: DAVID EE
Police stand beside a tent covering a body found outside Kovan MRT. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
Police stand beside a tent covering a body found outside Kovan MRT. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
Police stand beside a tent covering a body found outside Kovan MRT. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
Police stand beside a tent covering a body found outside Kovan MRT. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
Police are at the crime scene outside Kovan MRT. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
Police are at the crime scene outside Kovan MRT. The police have classified the case of the two bodies found within 1 km of each other at Kovan as suspected murder. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

The two people found dead within 1 km of each other at Kovan are suspected to have been murdered.

The man found dead inside a house in Hillside Drive was in his 60s, while the man found dead outside Kovan MRT station along Upper Serangoon Road was believed to in his 40s.

They are believed to be father and son.

A blood trail could be seen between the two locations.

An eyewitness said she saw a man being dragged by a car while she was driving along Upper Serangoon Road. About 20 cars were honking loudly at the driver but he or she did not stop, said the eyewitness

Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) were at Hillside Drive on Wednesday evening and have cordoned off a section of double-storey houses in the quiet residential estate.

Residents realised something was wrong when they spotted a blue police tent along Upper Serangoon Road near the MRT station.

Drivers also saw CID officers combing the road around The Girls' Brigade near Hillside Drive.

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