SINGAPORE, May 15 -- A reclusive elderly father and his daughter were found dead in their Sengkang HDB flat last year, with a Singapore coroner returning an open verdict in both deaths.

According to The Straits Times, State Coroner Adam Nakhoda said yesterday there was no suspicion of foul play, but the bodies of Xu Baolu, 75, and his daughter Xu Na, 47, were too badly decomposed for their causes of death to be determined.

Their remains were found on October 6, 2025, after the town council received complaints of a foul smell from their eighth-floor unit at Block 324D Sengkang East Way, the report said.

The coroner reportedly noted that Xu Baolu was socially awkward and reclusive, but had devoted himself to caring for his daughter, who ...