Boy Found Dead in Bogor Community Centre Well After Two-Day Search

Police have described how Fathan Afgary, a seven-year-old boy, was found dead inside a well at a community centre in Bojong Nangka village, Gunung Putri district, Bogor, West Java. He was found after going missing for two days.

Gunung Putri Police Chief Commissioner Hillal Adi Himawan said the boy was found on Friday afternoon, 23 October, after investigators searched with a K9 team. The discovery was made as the Bogor Police Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA), together with the K9 team, was preparing to search for Fathan, who had been reported missing, Hillal said on Saturday, 24 October 2026.

During the search, a witness identified only as R approached officers and raised suspicions about a well at Community Unit 18’s hall. The witness was concerned because residents had not checked the well during the search, which had been under way on Wednesday and Thursday, Hillal said.

Officers went to the site to inspect the well. When its cover was removed, they found the boy dead, lying face down at the bottom of the well, which was about 10 metres deep.

Firefighters assisted with the recovery. Police and the Gunung Putri fire service then handed the body to the family for burial, Hillal said.

The family declined an autopsy. The boy was buried at the Inkopad cemetery in Depok, Hillal added.

Fathan had been reported missing on Wednesday, 21 October 2026. A search was launched after he did not return home from playing with his friends, but it initially yielded no results.