On 25 June 1995, a six-year-old schoolgirl named Lim Shiow Rong (林秀蓉 Lín Xiùróng) was found dead in a forested area near Jalan Woodbridge, Singapore.
The case regained attention 26 years later, when the bereaved family appealed to the public for information to urge police to continue their investigations into Lim's murder.
[1] Born on 2 November 1988, Lim Shiow Rong, who was a student of Poi Ching School, was the eldest of two daughters.
Blood stains were found on her underwear, and Lim's face was covered with injuries inflicted before her death.
Lim's father was reported to be serving his latest sentence at a drug rehabilitation centre for drug-related offences at the time of the incident, and was only there for one week when he received news of his daughter's murder.
[5][6][7] The police began to investigate Lim Shiow Rong's murder, and received several clues that could have pointed to a suspect.
Four days after Lim's body was found, the police released a sketch of the man, who was presumed to be aged between 30 and 40 years, about 1.65m tall, and of medium build.
The man was also said to usually wear a polo T-shirt and shorts, and frequent the vicinity of Blocks 59, 61, 64, and 75 Toa Payoh Lorong 5.
[14] In the same year Lim was killed, Crimewatch re-enacted the case and made a public appeal for information to solve it.
Lim Kim Siong died in 2016 at age 67 due to an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and until his death, he remained attached to his elder daughter's case.
[19][20] On 10 January 2021, in light of the recent capture of Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa'ee for the alleged murder of missing student Felicia Teo Wei Ling (who was reported missing at age 19 in 2007 before she was found to be murdered), Lim's mother and sister became hopeful and made a public appeal for new information to help solve the case and locate the killer.