Alleged killer of Intan arrested
Alleged killer of Intan arrested
JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives in cooperation with personnel of the Rancah police sub-precinct in Ciamis, West Java, have arrested a man who allegedly shot his girlfriend to death.
Jacky Dave, alias Inyo, 24, was apprehended on Saturday morning at an elderly woman's house in Rancah village, after the police had been searching for him for over a week, city police spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Haryoko told reporters yesterday.
The suspect, currently detained at the city police headquarters, was shot in the leg as he tried to attack the detectives during the raid, Bambang said.
Based on a police investigation, Jacky is the alleged killer of Intan Sari Dewi, also 24. He allegedly shot Intan with a .46 caliber FN pistol at their rented house on Jl. Matraman Raya 94, Kebon Manggis, Matraman, in East Jakarta, on April 7.
Several days after the incident, police arrested Jacky's friend, Soni Seta Umbara, 24, believed to have been the owner of the gun, and questioned five witnesses who were at the scene of the crime.
The witnesses, friends of Jacky and Soni, were identified as Vera, Indra Baby, Lukman Hakim, David and Arif.
"All statements made by the witnesses matched, saying that the motive of the shooting was jealousy," said Bambang.
Based on preliminary police investigations, Jacky is believed to have shot Intan in the arm, with the bullet then piercing her chest and back.
After the shooting, Intan, who was heavily tattooed, was rushed by some of the witnesses to the nearby Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.
Intan died within minutes of arriving at the hospital.
Police have not revealed what Jacky and his friends do for a living, saying only that most of the men, including Jacky, are unemployed.
Based on the results of questioning the suspects and witnesses, police concluded that Jacky shot his girlfriend after heated arguments between them.
It all started after Intan found Jacky, at the house, having sex in the bathroom with Vera, a woman who worked as a hostess at the Atlanta discotheque in downtown Kota, West Jakarta. Intan also worked there.
Jacky, who lost his temper, took a gun and allegedly aimed it at Intan.
Police found two other guns along with six magazines and a bag containing bullets and other material evidence, such as a blood- spotted bed sheet, bed and pillows and an empty shell of a .46 caliber shotgun at the scene of the crime.
Jacky is facing murder charges, while Soni faces charges of illegally possessing a gun and bullets.
Bambang said that the dossiers of the case would be completed soon by the police to be submitted to the East Jakarta prosecutors' office. (bsr)