Drug addict admits to girl's murder

Drug addict admits to girl's murder

JAKARTA (JP): A drug addict has confessed to the murder of an
eight-year-old girl, who was found in an empty house in the Taman
Kencana housing complex in the Tegal Alur area of Kalideres in
West Jakarta on Sunday night, a police officer said.

Kalideres subprecinct detectives chief Second Insp. Pattimura
said on Monday that the 20-year-old male suspect, Dina, alias
Burik, told investigators during interrogation that he killed
Winda for her gold jewelry, which consisted of a necklace, a pair
of earrings and a ring.

"The suspect initially enticed the victim to accompany him to
the crime scene where he hit her with a stick on the back of the
head, the face, and the neck," Pattimura told The Jakarta Post.

The officer said Burik planned to sell the jewelry, but did
not say for how much.

The suspect admitted to firstly spotting Winda while watching
the popular panjat pinang (climbing an oily pole) competition in
their neighborhood earlier on the same day, Pattimura said.

Dina's arrest was made just a few hours after the killing
thanks to a tip-off from two witnesses, who last saw him with the
victim, Pattimura added.

Separately, Winda's uncle Jumri told reporters at Cipto
Mangunkusumo General Hospital that Winda's parents began to look
for their small daughter in the afternoon.

Jumri said that Winda's body was located after a psychic told
her parents that the girl's body could be found in the housing
complex located some 300 meters from Winda's house.

"We then searched the complex with the help of our neighbors,"
Jumri said.

The police said that Winda's body was found around 11 p.m. in
the half-built house. (07/jaw)