Body identified at last

JAKARTA (JP): The body sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital Sunday was identified yesterday as Darwin B. Ismail by relatives who recognized his body on television.

Darwin, 38, a resident of Jl. Jati Pinggir, Petamburan in Central Jakarta, was found dead on Jl. Muara Baru of Cilincing in North Jakarta Sunday.

The Tanah Abang cloth trader was believed to have been the victim of a robbery as his wallet, wristwatch and rings were missing when he was found.

"There was no wallet, wristwatch and rings like the victim's wife told us," Chief Sgt. Nuryanto of the Cilincing subprecinct said.

Darwin suffered severe stab wounds to his head and chest and there were also signs that he had been beaten.

Darwin's wife and three children went to the hospital's morgue to claim his body yesterday. However they declined to speak about Darwin's death.

They recognized his body on an ANteve news program on Sunday and went to the Cilincing police subprecint on Monday. They then went to the morgue yesterday.

Dariono, a relative of Darwin, said that on Sunday, Darwin asked to be accompanied to North Jakarta to collect debts from some of his customers. However, as Dariono was busy, Darwin went by himself.

"I regret that I let him go without me," he said. (04)