TRAGIC: Family members of the deceased took his body to Miri Hospital.
MIRI: A teenager was found dead by his father in what appeared to be a suicide at their house near Permyjaya here at about 12.20pm yesterday.
Alexander Ajang Wan, 14, was asked to take bath by his father at about 12pm before being sent to school.
The father waited for about 20 minutes on the ground floor before going up to his son’s bedroom.
Upon opening the door, he was shocked to find his son hanging lifeless from the window grill.
According to the youth’s aunt, the youth was supposed to go to school yesterday after a long school break.
“He was happy and on Monday, we just had our family new year celebration together and all of us were happy.
“We’re still very shocked,” she said.
The deceased was the second of four siblings.
The body was sent to Miri Hospital for a postmortem.
Police are investigating.