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        "msgid": "explanation-of-sukabumi-boys-condition-before-death-in-suspected-stepmother-abuse-case-1771748123",
        "date": "2026-02-22 14:33:32",
        "title": "Explanation of Sukabumi Boy's Condition Before Death in Suspected Stepmother Abuse Case",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Police are investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy in Sukabumi, West Java, who allegedly suffered abuse at the hands of his stepmother while home from boarding school. Medical examinations revealed extensive abrasion wounds and suspected second-degree burns across the victim's body, though autopsy results showing chronic lung disease and organ congestion have complicated the determination of the cause of death.",
        "content": "<p>The death of a teenager identified by the initials NS (13) in\nSukabumi, West Java, remains under police investigation. Officers have\ndisclosed the victim\u2019s condition prior to his eventual death in\nhospital.<\/p>\n<p>NS, a student at an Islamic boarding school, had returned home in\nearly February for the holiday period. The victim had experienced fever,\ncoughing and nausea, and was taken to a community health centre.<\/p>\n<p>The initial medical examination indicated the victim\u2019s health was\nimproving. However, on Wednesday (18 February), NS\u2019s condition\ndeteriorated again, and his father discovered him covered in abrasion\nwounds. The victim\u2019s biological father, AS, had left for work in\nSukabumi City, leaving the victim under the supervision of his\nstepmother, TR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the same day, the victim was taken by his stepmother to a\ntraditional massage therapist with the initials S. However, suspicions\narose when the father returned home in the early hours of Thursday and\nfound numerous abrasion wounds across his child\u2019s body,\u201d said Sukabumi\nPolice Criminal Investigation Unit Chief AKP Hartono, as reported on\nSunday (22 February 2026).<\/p>\n<p>The victim was then taken to Jampang Kulon Regional Hospital on\nThursday (19 February) morning. At the hospital, the victim reportedly\nstated that he had been forced to drink hot water by his stepmother. NS\nwas subsequently pronounced dead that afternoon at approximately 4.00 pm\nlocal time.<\/p>\n<p>AKP Hartono detailed the medical findings from the external\nexamination, which revealed wounds spread across the entire body. Police\nreported abrasion wounds on the face, neck and all four limbs suspected\nto be second-degree (2A) burns, as well as bruising on the lips\nidentified as signs of blunt force trauma.<\/p>\n<p>These findings, however, contrasted with the autopsy results, which\nrevealed evidence of chronic lung disease and congestion in the internal\norgans. Police are continuing to investigate the cause of NS\u2019s\ndeath.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/explanation-of-sukabumi-boys-condition-before-death-in-suspected-stepmother-abuse-case-1771748123",
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