Singapore has one of the world’s lowest crime rates and is considered one of the safest countries to live in. However, Singapore, like any other country, has had its fair share of murders, ranging from gruesome murders to mysterious disappearances, some of which are still unexplained to this day. We have compiled a list of 5 unsolved crimes that are so horrific that you will need to sleep with a light on for the next several nights.

The Curry Murder

Ayakanno Marimuthu, a live-in caretaker of Changi chalets, was reported missing by his wife, Naragatha Vally Ramiah, on December 12, 1984. Two years later, the main investigator obtained information that the disappearance was actually a murder, and the CID conducted extensive investigations, resulting in the arrest of eight suspects, including Naragatha.
During questioning, one of the suspects said that Ayakanno was beaten to death with an iron rod, then diced up and cooked into curry in a large aluminum pot, generating widespread panic in Singapore. Naragatha and her three brothers were charged with murder once the case was brought to trial. They were released, however, due to a lack of proof. The remains of the victim, the murder weapon, and the cooking pot have never been discovered.

Queenstown Shooting

Chen Li Zhen (Zhen), a 22-year-old Malaysian seamstress, was going down Commonwealth Avenue with her younger sister on September 18, 1972, when she fell unexpectedly. Zhen was sent to Singapore General Hospital, but after 11 hours of coma, he was pronounced dead. According to an x-ray, she was killed by a bullet that penetrated her upper left chest and struck her heart. The infamous “Queenstown Sniping Murder” case was formed after it was reported that she sniped from a nearby high-rise building.
After an autopsy, it was determined that the bullet was a.22 caliber round fired from a handgun. This fueled speculation that the gunshot was the result of an unintentional close-range discharge. Hundreds of interviews with local and dozens of ballistic tests using civilian-owned guns, however, have yielded no conclusive evidence. The “Queenstown Sniping Murder” was classed as an accident due to a lack of witnesses and a motive for the murder, although it remains an open case to this day.

McDonald’s Boys Case

Toh Hong Huat and Keh Chin Ann, two 12-year-old boys, vanished into thin air on May 14, 1986. Chin Ann was last spotted leaving school to go shopping, while Hong Huat asked his mother if he may go to school with a classmate. He seemed to be meeting Chin Ann, so she assumed he was. The hunt began after both boys failed to show up for class. After patrolling the island on August 27, 1986, someone reported sightings of the missing youngsters at Pulau Ubin, but nothing came of it.
Searches were also conducted in neighboring nations. Even McDonald’s offered its support to the investigation by providing a $100,000 prize for any information – hence the case’s name. What transpired was the subject of several speculations. Some thought that they were kidnapped and transferred to Thailand by a human trafficking ring. Regrettably, the case is still unsolved.

Geylang Bahru Tan Family Murders

Four Tan children, aged five to ten, were found savagely cut in the bathtub of their one-room flat in Geylang Bahru on the morning of January 6, 1979. Tan Kok Peng, Tan Kok Hin, Tan Kok Soon, and Tan Chin Nee were about to leave for school, while Tan Kuen Chai and Lee Mei Ying were already at work ferrying students in their mini bus. Over twenty slashes to the head and body had been inflicted on each kid. The eldest child, Kok Peng’, had his right arm practically severed, while the smallest child, Chin Nee, suffered slash scars on her face.
The parents got a Chinese New Year letter two weeks after the murder case, addressing them by their nicknames “Ah Chai” and “Ah Eng” and writing in Mandarin, “Now you can have no more kids ha-ha-ha.” The statement referred to the mother’s sterilization, which had been kept a well-guarded secret among her close friends and relatives. The fact that the card was signed off as “The Murderer” validated the notion that the murderer was a family member.

Toa Payoh Ritual Murder

The heinous murders were first exposed on January 25, 1981, when the body of nine-year-old Agnes Ng Siew Hock was discovered in a bag next to a lift in Block 11, Toa Payoh Lorong 7. She was brutally raped and sexually molested before being choked to death, according to her injuries. Two weeks later, on February 7, the bones of ten-year-old Ghazali Marzuki were discovered at Block 11. On his body, there were burn marks and evidence of drowning.
A bloody trail led police on the scene of Ghazali’s death to a flat rented by Adrian Lim, his wife Catherine Tan Mui Choo, and mistress Hoe Kah Hong. Lim is a bogus medium who has duped a number of ladies into offering money and sexual services in exchange for ‘cleaning the evil’ and enhancing their beauty and wealth for years. Various religious artifacts, including portraits of Jesus Christ and Hindu and Chinese idols, were also discovered in the flat, some of which were stained with blood. The public’s attention was drawn to allegations of sexual torture and the ingestion of human blood during the murders of Ng and Ghazali. The trio was hung on November 25, 1988, nearly seven years after their heinous acts.