JOHOR BARU, Feb. 3 -- Six people, including three children and a teenager, were found murdered with their skeletal remains in a burnt-down house at Kangkar Pulai, Johor, police confirmed.

Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said the charred remains were discovered on January 9 by a 48-year-old man searching for his wife and children, who had been living in the house after the couple separated, according to a report published in The Star today.

The house, located within an oil palm plantation about 2km from the main road, had no water or electricity supply.

"Post-mortem examinations confirmed the victims were aged two, five, nine, 17, 29 and 35. Among them were one boy and three girls, none of whom were registered in any scho...