Two naked women with strangulation marks on their necks were found in a guestroom of the MGM COTAI casino-hotel resort early today, the Macau Public Security Police (PSP) announced.
According to a PSP statement, Fire Services Bureau (CB) officers rushed to the hotel last night after receiving an ambulance service request. PSP officers then also went to the scene. The statement did not say who requested the ambulance service.
Macau's ambulance service is handled by the Fire Services Bureau.
The firefighters and PSP officers found two lifeless bodies in the room.
The Public Security Police passed the case to the Judiciary Police (PJ) at 00:55 today requesting to conduct a criminal investigation.
According to a PJ statement, two naked bodies were found lying on their backs on the floor by the window of the room, with strangulation marks on their necks.
The statement noted that no signs of a struggle were found at the scene, adding that according to initial indications the two women were strangled to death with a bathrobe belt. According to the statement, there were signs that the crime scene had been tidied up by the perpetrator or perpetrators. No ID documents or other belongings of the two women were found in the room.
Preliminary forensic examinations found that both were strangled to death. One of the victims had a scratch wound on her arm, the statement said, adding that no other visible trauma or resistance wounds were found.
The PJ statement said that post-mortem examinations will be performed on both bodies.
The statement said that the police are working on identifying the victims and have launched a manhunt for the suspect or suspects.
