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Police develop new theory on Levina murder

JAKARTA (JP): Police said they believe that six-year-old
Levina Dwisy, whose body was found at Ancol Dreamland in North
Jakarta, was murdered by hired killers paid by a lover of the
girl's father.

"Unfortunately, Levina's father did not want to tell us the
truth about his love affair," chief of the North Jakarta police
precinct, Lt. Col. Heru Susanto, told reporters yesterday.

"We are now focusing our investigation on this love affair
issue," he said.

Levina, the second of three children of an ethnic Chinese
bicycle shop owner, left her house on Jl. Pantai Sanur in the
plush Ancol Timur real estate complex on the morning of March 24.

Wearing her pajamas, the little girl rode her bike to try and
find her parents during their morning exercise. It was the last
time she was seen alive.

Levina was found under some bushes near a temple the next
morning with her bicycle nearby.

Her attacker had apparently used her clothes to strangle her.
According to the coroner's examination, she had been raped.

Previously, Heru said, Levina's father, named two of his
lovers to the police investigators.

"However, we found no evidence to connect the two woman with
the murder," he said.

"But we believe that there is a woman who had a special
relationship with Levina's father who had been angry with him
because of something, maybe because she found that the man she
fell in love with was married," Heru said.

Five special teams have been established to help police
investigate, with each team assigned to a specific task.

At least 13 people have been questioned including two
fishermen living nearby, the housemaids and the driver of the
victim's family as well as the security guards at the elite
housing complex where the deceased's parents live. (bsr)