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Police urge Levina killer to surrender
JAKARTA (JP): Remaining baffled after one week of
investigation, the police are now focusing on the hope that the
killer of Levina Dwisy, who was found dead at Ancol Dreamland in
North Jakarta last Friday, will turn himself in.
The head of the Pademangan police sub-precinct, Maj. I Ketut
Sunartha, told The Jakarta Post on Thursday that he believes the
perpetrator of the murder will prefer surrender to being
continuously haunted by guilt.
"It is better for the killer to give up to the police than
hide because we will treat him or her according to law, not use
force to seek admissions," said Sunartha, whose territory
includes Ancol.
Levina, the second of three children of an ethnic Chinese
bicycle shop owner, left her house on Jl. Pantai Sanur in the
idyllic Ancol Timur development on Thursday morning.
Wearing her pajamas, the little girl tried to join her parents
on their morning exercise with her bike. It was the last time she
was seen alive. Her body was found under the bushes near a temple
the next morning.
Her attacker had obviously used her clothes to strangle her,
and her bicycle was discovered nearby.
Police, paying special attention to this case, have set up
five teams to capture the killer of the six-year-old girl.
Earlier, another police officer claimed that the police are
optimistic that they could solve the murder case in no time as
they have obtained more information regarding the tragic death of
the girl.
The officer had expected to catch the culprit before Thursday,
but no arrest had been made as the deadline passed.
To the police, the problem is quite difficult since the site
of the murder is isolated. People seldom walk around there
because it is a blind alley.
Only nearby residents and local fishermen are usually seen
strolling near to the house of the victim.
Maj. Sunartha also said that so far police have not questioned
the mother of the victim as she is still depressed by the tragic
loss of her daughter. "We want to question the mother but we
should not push her too far. She's heavily shocked."(09)