Body parts believed to be from same man found in three locations
Body parts believed to be from same man found in three locations
JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Grogol subdistrict in West Jakarta
found a right leg on Monday, believed to have come from the same
male body whose right hand, left leg and the lower abdomen were
found in the water at the Manggarai floodgate in South Jakarta a
day earlier.
Hendra Ismail, a local, said the right leg was discovered at
3.30 p.m. floating in the Cideng river by one of the children,
Radha, who alerted local residents.
"We rushed to the river where Radha was trying to bring the
object closer to the river's edge with a long bamboo stick,"
Hendra told reporters at the scene.
"Led by Heri, a Hansip (civilian guard) personnel, some
children retrieved the leg by using a blue raffia rope," said the
25 year old.
Hundreds of locals came to see the leg on the bank of the
river, which flows to Muara Karang beach off North Jakarta bay.
The leg was admitted to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
(RSCM) later in the evening.
Separately, ship crew members of Muara Angke fishing dock in
North Jakarta found the upper portion of an abdomen to the neck,
floating in the waters on Sunday, hours after the discovery in
Manggarai.
Mun'im Idris, a forensic expert at RSCM, said after examining
the body parts that were found on Sunday he found bruises on the
right hand and the left leg, probably from a blunt object, and
part of the anus was torn.
"The inside organs were complete, but the epidermis has
vanished because the parts were in the water for two or three
days, making it difficult for us to identify the body," he said.
Mun'im said the body has clear complexion, neat fingers, is
circumcised and is likely of Malay origin. He estimated the man
to be not more than 30 years old and 160 centimeters in height.
He said there was a big question whether the body parts were
from only one person as the parts of the body might have floated
from the Ciliwung river to the Cideng river.
However, the police have yet to conclude that the parts, found
in three separate places, belonged to the same person.
Acting City Police spokesman Sr. Supt. Harry Montolalu said on
Monday that the priority was to discover the identity of the
victim before seeking the motive for the murder.
"The police are waiting for people who are missing relatives
or family members to come to RSCM.
"Then, we'll ask them if they recognize the body parts as
those of their missing family member," said Harry, who's also
chief of the Jakarta Police detectives. (asa/07)