Epileptic woman drowns in river

Epileptic woman drowns in river

JAKARTA (JP): A 20-year-old woman who drowned in the Kali
Sentiong river in Tangerang two days ago was identified on Friday
as Supiah.

Nina, 60, the victim's mother, said that Supiah usually roamed
around the Balaraja area, yelling and talking to herself, and
then came back in the afternoon.

"But she did not return home on Wednesday. When we were
looking for her the next day, police told us they had fished out
an unidentified woman from the river," Nina said at the morgue of
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.

Nina, accompanied by her husband Sarmadi, said their daughter
had married twice and had lost her self-control during the second
marriage.

She added that her youngest of eight in the family had
suffered from epilepsy since she was a child.

"It was likely that she had an epileptic attack when she was
playing at the river."

Forensic examinations showed that no violent marks were found
on the victim's body.(01)