Dragonair flight attendant Arbe Chan, found dead in wardrobe, was strangled
Police officer said the killer could have used hands, rope or other objects. Evidence had been seized from the crime scene, but the officer refused to reveal what had been discovered.
A flight attendant whose body was found in a wardrobe in her bedroom at the weekend was strangled to death, police said.
"The postmortem examination found the woman died of strangulation," one police officer said. "But the pathologist cannot be sure of the exact method used by the killer."
The officer said the killer could have used hands, rope or other objects. Evidence had been seized from the crime scene, but the officer refused to reveal what had been discovered.
Marks were found on the neck of Arbe Chan, 26, a Dragonair flight attendant, when her body was found inside the wardrobe of her family's flat at Allway Gardens in Tsuen Wan on Sunday.
Although police believe she was killed while alone at home on Wednesday last week, the officer said the autopsy could not confirm the exact time of her death.
Chan's 25-year-old former boyfriend is the prime suspect in the murder case after he was captured on CCTV last week at the building where she lived.
Police are seeking help from mainland authorities to trace the Hongkonger after immigration records showed he left the city for the mainland via a land crossing on Saturday. Yesterday, a police spokeswoman said no one had been arrested in connection with the murder.