KUALA LUMPUR: Tragedy has struck the family of rock queen Ella's protege, Puteri Caroline Mohd Kamel, who won reality show Mentor 6 in 2012.
The 24-year-old woman who was found stabbed to death at a house in Kampung Padang Balang, Sentul here on Monday, was her younger sister Lady Caccabella Mohd Kamel.
She served the Security Department of Prasarana Malaysia as a trainee auxillary policewoman.
Puteri Caroline, 28, from Tanah Merah, Kelantan uploaded a message of condolences in memory of Lady Caccabella on her Facebook account yesterday, with the caption "Ya Allah, permudahkanlah segalanya, amin".
Netizens sent their condolences to Puteri Caroline, urging her to stay strong in the face of the tragedy.
One of them Rabiatul described her late sister as a "wonderful friend and colleague".
"Arwah was a very good person, sweet and polite, honest and hardworking. I've only known her for 7 months, but I feel such a great loss," said Rabiatul.
A Salam Takziah message was also posted by colleagues of Lady Caccabella at the Security Department of Prasarana Malaysia.
It was reported yesterday that a 24-year-old woman was murdered while her boyfriend was rushed to the emergency room for attempting to consume floor liquid cleaner in Kampung Padang Balang.
Wangsa Maju district police chief Superintendent Rajab Ahad Ismail said a report on the body’s discovery was made by a woman known to the deceased.
“The Setapak police station received a report at 5.52pm yesterday from a woman who found a body at a house in Kampung Padang Balang Sentul.
“Acting upon it (the report), the police went to the scene and conducted a thorough check. A woman’s body with stab wounds on her abdomen was found lying on a bed,” he said.
He said the body was then sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for post mortem and identification.
“At the same time, a 43-year-old male suspect, who is the victim’s boyfriend, was also at the scene and was brought to Kuala Lumpur Hospital to seek emergency treatment for vomiting blood and shortness of breath, after attempting to drink floor cleaning liquid. The suspect is being detained for further investigations.
Police are investigating the motive of the case, which has been classified as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
In Mentor 6, Puteri Caroline and Ella beat five other proteges and mentors to win the grand prize of RM100,000.
The other proteges were Tisha Shamsir, whose mentor was Singaporean singer Ferhad, Kadir Jailani Unding (Adam Mat Saman), Ana Syuhada Asram (Ramlah Ram), Zatul Hussin (Fauziah Ahmad Daud), and Anas Ridzuan (Faizal Tahir).