The semi-nude body of a woman, believed to be that of a nurse reported missing last Saturday, was found dumped in a drain today.

The body was in an early stage of decomposition when several residents of Taman Kingfisher stumbled on the remains about 11am.

Sabah deputy police commissioner senior assistant commissioner Tan Kok Liang said initial investigations revealed the victim had sustained head injuries.

He said the police had not ruled out the possibility the body could be that of a Kudat-based nurse who was reported missing.

"(Nevertheless) It is premature to determine the cause (of death)," he said, adding that a post-mortem would be carried out at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

Last Saturday, nurse Annie John Dismas, 39, was reported missing after she had spoken to her fiance over the telephone about 3pm.

She had reportedly told her fiance she was going to the Open University Malaysia (OUM) to attend a course, and later to QEH to visit her grandmother.

Annie failed to return home that night.

The following day, her Perodua Kancil was found about 2am, at Lorong Dewan, near Hotel Garden in the city centre.

According to the victim's father, John Dismas, Annie and her fiance had arrived in the city on Sept 30, from Kudat where she had worked.

The couple put up at her fiance's family house in Kampung Mahandoi, Penampang near here.

Nude body found on Kuantan beach

    

Meanwhile in Kuantan, the nude body of an unidentified woman was found on a beach near a squash court at the Tembeling Resort yesterday evening.

Pahang CID secretariat officer ASP Noor Asyikin Shamsuri said the body was discovered by a couple at 5.15pm.

"No external injuries could be seen on the body," she told reporters here today.

The body of the woman, in her 30s, was sent to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan for post-mortem, she said.

She added that the victim's identity had not been identified and urged anyone with a missing family member to contact the police to facilitate investigations.   

- Bernama