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police report, reporting Lim missing. Unknown to Lim's family, an hour before the missing persons report was lodged, the police had received a report from a teenager that he had discovered the corpse of a young girl at Jalan
Woodbridge, where he was playing football. The corpse was identified as six-year-old Lim Shiow Rong, placed in a semi-sitting position in a drain, about 8 km away from Lim's house. Investigations revealed that Lim was murdered by strangulation, and she was sexually assaulted prior to her death. Blood stains were found on her underwear, and Lim's face was covered with injuries inflicted before her death.
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only talked to Lim. Several other people also witnessed the man buying Lim sweets. The man was described to be of
Chinese descent, dark and stout, of average height, and did not wear glasses. Four days after Lim's body was found, the police released a sketch of the man, who was presumed to be aged between 30 and 40 years, about 1.65m tall, and of medium build. The man was also said to usually wear a polo T-shirt and shorts, and frequent the vicinity of Blocks 59, 61, 64, and 75 Toa Payoh Lorong 5.
255:(who was reported missing at age 19 in 2007 before she was found to be murdered), Lim's mother and sister became hopeful and made a public appeal for new information to help solve the case and locate the killer. They also hoped that the police could revisit Lim's murder and renew their investigations. The police later confirmed that the investigations into Lim's murder were still ongoing, and an informant later arrived with new information relating to the case.
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playground nearby. A teacher surnamed Chew from Lim's former school described her as "very hyperactive and streetwise", "boyish", and "aggressive". The girl was said to be a very friendly child, even to strangers. This was confirmed by a Madam Chia, a family friend of Lim's parents, who stated that the girl was so friendly that she would always follow any person who claimed to be her father's friend.
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The murder also made an impact on Lim's father, Lim Kim Siong, who decided to stop taking drugs, and became a good father to his only surviving child. Lim's father was said to feel guilty and blamed himself for Lim's death, feeling that he did not protect his family well. Lim Kim Siong died in 2016
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On the night of 24 June 1995, at 9:30 PM, Lim was hanging out at her mother's coffee shop. She ate her chocolate cereal and told her mother she was going out to meet a friend of her father. Even though Ang advised against going, Lim left the coffee shop. That was the last time Ang saw her daughter
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565:"七岁女童谋杀案 当年留下的四大谜团"
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