THE bridegroom who died hours after his wedding dinner was caught on three of Hilton Singapore's surveillance cameras. Footage revealed that Mr Vernon Leong, 31, headed towards the fire escape staircase on the 10th floor - the same floor his wedding suite was on - at around 3am. He was wearing a T-shirt and shorts when he left the room. He was also barefooted and empty-handed. The bridegroom was next seen on the second floor of the hotel approximately eight minutes later. He appeared to be in a rush and was scrambling. Shops line the second floor and there are no windows or openings. It is not clear where he went or what he did after this. At around 3.16am, the third time he was seen on camera was when his body was already on the driveway. He was dead by the time paramedics arrived. During investigations, police found the door of the fire escape exit on the 5th level open. They are not ruling out the possibility of Mr Leong exiting at this floor before he went down to level two. CCTV footage also revealed that he was never at the roof-top garden on the 24th floor. Before the videos were viewed, this was the most likely place where he could have fallen from. His wife, Ms Peh, 34, had initially thought that her hu*****and had gone there to smoke. Authorities are still unsure as to which floor the bridegroom fell from and mystery surrounds the circumstances of his death. According to Shin Min Daily, the body was found facing upwards. Police have classified the case as unnatural death.
