All The Damn Crime

The Diver, the Girl, and the Verdict: Singapore's First No Body Murder Case

John and Joel Season 1 Episode 40

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 When 22-year-old Jenny Cheok vanished during a diving trip in 1963, her boyfriend Sunny Ang stood to gain from huge life-insurance payouts. Decades later, with no body recovered and no direct witnesses, a jury still convicted him — in what became the first murder conviction without a body in Singapore/Malaysia history.