SINGAPORE : Two decomposed bodies were found in a flat at Block 128, Lorong Ah Soo, on Friday evening.

Police have confirmed that the dead are a 50-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man.

Channel NewsAsia understands that when authorities arrived, they found another occupant, an 80-year-old woman, alive in the unit.

She has since been sent to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, but her condition is not known.

It is a tragedy with many unanswered questions.

The Police are investigating into what happened in the fourth floor unit at Block 128, Lorong Ah Soo.

Channel NewsAsia understands that a family of three - an elderly woman, her husband and their middle-aged daughter - had been living in the flat.

The chairperson of the area's Residents' Committee, Liew Soo Wah, said she had received calls about a stench coming from the flat. Suspecting something was amiss, she called the police.

While waiting for them to arrive, she went ahead to the flat to check on the family.

Liew, Chairperson, Paya Lebar Zone 7 Residents' Committee, said: "We saw flies... I asked (the woman) 'Where is your husband?' She said sleeping. 'Where is your daughter?' She said sleeping."

According to neighbours that Channel NewsAsia spoke to, the family was very reserved and the daughter was the only one who would go to the nearby coffeeshop to buy food for the family. However, they had not seen her for more than one-and-a-half months.

Helen Goo, a neighbour, said: "They've not been out of the house, so we thought something was wrong. But the neighbour said the son had (taken) them away, maybe. So we thought we shouldn't knock (on) the door because they're very reserved people. They don't open the door at all." - CNA/ms