GUA MUSANG: A woman was decapitated, allegedly by her stepson in Kampung Batu Machang near Jerek here on Wednesday (Feb 16) evening.

Gua Musang district police chief Supt Sik Choon Foo, said police found out about the incident after the suspect, a 39-year-old man, turned himself in at the Bertam police station here at 4.45pm.

The man told the police that he had killed his 54-year-old stepmother with a parang.

Supt Sik said that the incident is believed to have taken place at 4pm and preliminary investigations found that the suspect was a drug addict who was also experiencing mental problems.

“Only the suspect and the victim were in the house during the incident,” he said in a statement.

“A police investigation at the scene found the weapon used and the victim had died after her neck was slashed.

He said the body of the victim had been sent to Gua Musang Hospital for a post-mortem and the case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. – Bernama