Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Residents of a housing complex in Kunciran believe that a human skeleton found buried in a house is the former owner of the house, Siti Khoiriah.
The human skeleton, now at Tangerang Public Hospital, was still dressed in female Muslim clothing complete with a veil when found.
Sarah, Siti's niece, Tuesday said she recognized the clothing.
"Yes, I recognize the clothing and the veil. They belonged to my aunt," Sarah told reporters after taking a look at the skeleton in the public hospital.
The skeleton was first found by Sachrudin, a worker who was digging a water way in the house Monday afternoon. The house was sold to a Bintaro resident two months ago, neighbors said.
"I just saw a human foot-like bone, but when I dug deeper, I found a human skeleton in an upside-down position," Sachrudin said.
News about the discovery spread and drew curiosity from neighbors, who then swarmed to the house to see what had happened.
Neighbor Rusnaidi, 45, said the last time he saw Siti was last year.
"To the best of my knowledge, Angga, the son of the Siti, was the last person to leave the house," he said.
Neighbors said Angga sold the house because he needed money to get married.
Rusnaidi said the last time he met and talked with Angga, 24, was about three months ago. He also happened to see Angga in Gondrong subdistrict a few days ago, but he did not get the chance to talk to him.
"When I met him in April I asked where his mother was. Angga told me his mother lived in a rented house in Cipete subdistrict."
Rusnaidi said he told Angga that he would like to see his mother, but Angga prevented him, saying that his mother was still very sick and always ran amok when people visited.
He said that before her disappearance, Siti lived in the house with Angga and her other niece Ani.
In the neighborhood, Siti was known to suffer from a mental illness. She frequently shouted alone without cause and threw things out of the house.
"Angga seldom talked to neighbors here. We suspected he was embarrassed of his sick mother," Rusnaidi said.
Cipondoh Police chief Insp. Sukarna dismissed neighbors' suspicion.
"We are still working hard to investigate the case. We don't even know yet whether the skull belonged to a man or a woman," he said.
Sukarna said police were looking for Angga for questioning.
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