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)