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Sources reveal contents of Canterbury apartment where Saudi sisters, Amaal and Asra Alsehli, found dead

Two crucifixes were found in a Canterbury apartment where Saudi sisters Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, were found dead in June, a worker with access to the apartment has told the ABC.

The discovery was made after the women’s bodies were removed.

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The worker told the ABC that the crucifixes were found on the floor of one of the bedrooms.

The ABC could not independently corroborate this claim.

It’s unclear whether the discovery of the crosses was a sign that the sisters had renounced Islam and converted to Christianity or whether they were using them as a disguise.

No signs of forced entry

In June, the bodies of the women were found naked and in separate beds.

This prompted the apartment’s building manager Michael Baird to dismiss suicide as a potential cause of death.

“Two young women do not commit suicide together unless they’re doing it together. They don’t get naked, they don’t go to separate rooms, they don’t die separately,” he said.

Police say they have not yet ruled out homicide or suicide as their investigations continue.

A worker, who accessed the apartment after the police had made the grim discovery, said the sisters’ bodies were found in a state of decomposition.

Last month, tradespeople entered the apartment to replace the flooring.

One told the ABC that the apartment still “has the smell of dead bodies.”

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