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        "id": 1600124,
        "msgid": "police-reveal-motive-in-depok-murder-case-1773075143",
        "date": "2026-03-09 22:53:00",
        "title": "Police reveal motive in Depok murder case",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Metro Jaya Police have identified the suspect in a Depok murder case as ARH (44), the victim's common-law husband, with preliminary investigations indicating economic hardship and domestic conflict as the motive. The victim, DH (56), was discovered on 7 March in a desiccated state at her residence in Meruyung, Depok, after her son found her beneath stacked clothing and an ironing board. The suspect was apprehended on 8 March in Bekasi, with investigators now pursuing leads regarding missing personal items and the circumstances surrounding the domestic dispute.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2014 Metro Jaya Regional Police have revealed the motive behind\na murder that occurred in Depok, West Java, with the victim\u2019s remains\ndiscovered on Saturday 7 March in a severely desiccated state.<\/p>\n<p>Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto, Head of Public Relations at Metro Jaya\nRegional Police, explained that the suspected perpetrator has been\nidentified as ARH (44), the victim\u2019s common-law husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe preliminary motive for the murder is believed to be rooted in\neconomic problems,\u201d he stated in his account on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Budi noted that the suspect was known to be unemployed and felt\naggrieved after being evicted from the house by the victim, subsequently\ncommitting the crime of murder.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the suspect was successfully apprehended by the Special\nCrimes Division\u2019s Mobile Task Force Unit of Metro Jaya Regional Police\non Sunday 8 March at approximately 15:30 Western Indonesia Time in the\nJatimulya area, South Tambun District, Bekasi Regency, West Java.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe case is currently under investigation by the Special Crimes\nDivision of Metro Jaya Regional Police,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, information circulating on Instagram social media\nrevealed that the body of a woman with the initials DH (56) was\ndiscovered in a desiccated condition beneath a pile of clothing and an\nironing board at her residence in Meruyung, Depok on Saturday 7\nMarch.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered coffee powder was found covering the victim\u2019s body,\nbelieved to have been deliberately spread to mask the putrefaction\nodour, given the extremely dishevelled state of the house when\ndiscovered.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery occurred when the victim\u2019s son, with initials LL, came\nto clean the residence. The victim was last seen by neighbours in\nSeptember 2025.<\/p>\n<p>LL had visited in February but harboured no suspicions, believing his\nmother was away from the city and detecting no unusual odours from\ninside the house.<\/p>\n<p>Cinere Police Station is now conducting further investigations as the\nvictim\u2019s mobile phone and motorcycle have been reported missing.<\/p>\n<p>Police are also investigating the whereabouts of the victim\u2019s\ncommon-law husband, whose location remains unknown, following earlier\nreports that he had been involved in a dispute.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-reveal-motive-in-depok-murder-case-1773075143",
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