Father confesses to killing son

Father confesses to killing son

TANGERANG (JP): Pasar Kemis Police detectives of Tangerang
arrested a disturbed 60-year-old man, who confessed to murdering
his son in his sleep in the Gelam village of Pasar Kemis early
Wednesday morning.

Police identified the suspect as Sata, 60, who claimed to have
visions of drinking blood, and confessed to having killed his son
Ikhsan, 12, by cutting his throat with a kitchen knife, at 2 a.m.
on Wednesday.

Nearly three hours later, Ikhsan's brother Mulyana alerted his
two brothers-in-law, Salim and Sulaeman, that he had seen blood
gushing out of Ikhsan's neck.

"When I got up and saw Ikhsan, I thought he was having some
horrible nose bleed, but when I tried waking him ... I shook him
very hard, but he would not awake," Ikhsan's mother Murni, 50,
told reporters at the scene.

"I got the help of a nearby midwife, and she told me that my
son was no more."

Ikhsan's brothers-in-law, Salim and Sulaeman, said that Sata
seemed very calm when he heard the news, but did look confused.

"He kept saying ... nothing has happened. Ikhsan is not dead.
Look! There's no blood on the floor," Sulaeman said, quoting Sata
when he saw the dead body, adding that the floor looked like it
was just recently wiped.

When they persisted that Sata tell the truth, he finally
confessed.

"He said that whatever he did, it seemed like a dream ... from
when he took the knife, to stabbing Ikhsan while he was
sleeping," Sulaeman said.

Sulaeman said that his father-in-law had suffered a severe
concussion a year ago and had received three months of intensive
treatment at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.

"Since then, he has not been right ... he could dream for
hours on end and lately claimed to have been dreaming of drinking
blood," Sulaeman said. (41/ylt)