M'sia woman, 39, finds husband's beheaded corpse in paddy field, allegedly killed by woman's brother

A woman in Kedah made a horrifying discovery when she found her husband's headless corpse in a paddy field after he allegedly got into an argument with her younger brother.

Nasir Md Nanyan, 45, was found decapitated with his head about a metre from his body, reported Sinar Harian.

He also bore multiple slash wounds.

His wife, Marliana Awang, 39, said she had rushed to the scene after hearing villagers talk about a fight near her mother’s house.

She'd last spoken to her husband at around 6:50pm, when he told her that several of their goats had not yet been brought home.

Tragic discovery in the paddy fields

Nasir had gone to look for goats but never returned, which caused Marliana to worry.

Not long after, villagers came to inform her of a fight near the paddy fields behind her mother’s house.

Marliana confessed that she already felt uneasy at that point. She immediately rushed there on a motorcycle and that was when she found his body.

"I screamed for help and held him in my arms while massaging his chest,” Marliana said about the discovery, according to the New Straits Times.

She cradled his body for hours before the villagers and the police found her.

Marliana described her late husband as a devoted father and hardworking man.

"All the plants in our yard were planted by him, and besides taking care of the goats, he also took up work spreading paddy,” she said, as reported by the New Straits Times.

The couple had two sons aged seven and twelve.

"Every day he would take and pick up the children from school, and the children were very close to him.”

Suspect reportedly suffered from hallucinations

The suspect, Marliana’s younger brother, aged 38, reportedly suffered from long-term mental health issues and hallucinations.

He'd told the police that he heard Marliana's husband "mocking and sneering at him".

The police later found him brandishing a 30cm machete and arrested him, reported the Malay Mail.

He had previously sought psychiatric treatment for his depression, but stopped taking his prescribed medication in recent months.

“If villagers came to the house, he would run into the room. He talks to himself. The villagers don’t know him that well,” she said.

The police chief said that the suspect’s continued refusal to take his prescribed medication may have triggered hallucinations which led to the attack, according to The Star.

He is currently in police custody to assist with police investigations for murder.

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