Three Chinese citizens, including a pregnant woman, were stabbed and shot to death early Wednesday morning at their Street 141 house, Prampi Makara district police Chief Yim Simony said.
Police identified the dead as Vong Jei Minh, 49, the father of victim Vong Chhei Yang, 20, and uncle of victim Chen Saev Kven, 33, who was four months pregnant.
The victims were discovered at 10:30 am by a business client of the family, who arrived for a meeting and found the front gate locked with a padlock and a key laying on the ground nearby.
The client unlocked the gate and found the bodies inside, police said. Autopsy results showed that the victims probably were slain around 3 am.
The pregnant woman was found on the ground floor near the stairs; her cousin was in the ground floor bathroom, police said.
Vong Jei Minh was found upstairs with stab wounds and a bullet wound to his head. He is believed to be from Chongqing province in China and had imported plastic toys from that area for resale in Cambodia.
The police said they are investigating the deaths and believe they were tied to a robbery or business dispute, according to Yim Simony and prosecutor Ngeth Sareth.
