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The Jakarta Post/Tangerang
The Jakarta Post/Tangerang
Residents of Pondok Betung subdistrict, Pondok Aren district, Tangerang regency were shocked after a neighbour identified as April Sulistiyowati, 20, was found dead on the bed in her bedroom at a boarding house on Tuesday.
First, they thought that the girl, who daily worked at a dispensary at Bintaro Plaza had committed suicide.
The case was then reported to the Pondok Aren subprecinct police. Officers arrived at the crime scene minutes later and examined the girl’s body.
“Initial report we received from the victim’s neighbours said that the girl had committed suicide with electric cable but our officers became suspicious because they found strangeness,” said Pondok Aren police chief Insp. Sumanta.
He said there were no marks of electric cable on the girl’s neck and other parts of her body. Neither did they find any pieces of electric cable in the bedroom.
“We then asked several neighours as witnesses and made cross-check on their testimonies until we finally could conclude that Isnan Hafid, 19, as the suspect in the murder case,” he said.
He said Isnan, the victim’s partner in cellular phones business who daily works as a welder had confessed to having murdered the girl because he could no longer reason during the interrogation.
“The suspect will be charged with violating Article 338 of the Criminal Code on eliminating other’s life,” he said.
“I killed the girl because she had frequently insulted me with bad words and I am deeply hurt,” Isnan, who was arrested four hours after the murder said.
However, Isnan’s testimony was different from the victim’s neighbour explanations.
Neighbours alleged that Isnan killed the girl after he failed to rape her because she resisted.
“The suspect once told me that he fell in love with April but unfortunately she already had a boy friend named Sulardiono,” said one of the victims’ neighbour who requested anonymity.
He also said Isnan had frequently told him that he always failed to persuade the victim for a date.
“I just happened to passed by the boarding house when I saw Isnan chatting with the victim at about 9 pm on Monday,” he said.
“Isnan tried to hold the girl’s hand but she became angry and pushed his hand roughly but I did not see what happened next,” he added.
Isnan said he was so panicked after seeing April died. He then called Sulardiono and told him that April was visiting her relatives in Deplu housing complex in Pondok Karya.
Then he asked Sulardinono to take him to April because he needed to make a cell phone business deal.
Upon arriving at the complex, April’s relatives told them that they had not seen the victim in the past two weeks.
Isnan and Sulardiono then returned to the victim’s boarding house and found the victim dead. Isnan pretended to be shocked upon seeing the body that was later sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital for an autopsy.
Tangerang regency police detective chief Insp. Ade Ary refused to comment when asked about violent cases against women that ended with murder.
“I don’t want to make mistakes in answering your questions and therefore will need to learn data about similar cases first,” he told the Post.
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