Man killed, sign in blood found on floor

Man killed, sign in blood found on floor

JAKARTA (JP): A 61-year-old man was found dead in his living
room Saturday afternoon with a sign written in blood on the floor
near his body reading: A from Nusakambangan.

Zainuddin's body was found at his residence at Jl. Batu Sari
II/74, Kramat Jati in East Jakarta with a severe wound to his
head and his hands and feet bound with thin rope.

Capt. Taufik, head of Makassar Police station which is
handling the investigation of the death, told The Jakarta Post
yesterday that Zainuddin, a retired construction foreman, has no
criminal record.

Nusakambangan is an island in the southern part of East Java
which has a jail for notorious prisoners.

According to Taufik, the sign was made by the killer in an
attempt "only to distract the police".

Zainuddin's body was found by his son-in-law, Wahyono, 36, at
about 1 p.m., he added.

"The severe injury to his head might be the result of a blow
with blunt object," he said.

Police, he said, have collected some fingerprints from a
cupboard and from the victim's body.

A television set, 10-gram gold earrings, shoes and clothes
were found to be missing from the house, Taufik said.

He said that judging from the victim's wound and position, and
the "missing" items, the killer probably knew the victim very
well.

"The motive might be a deep grudge. Obviously, the murder was
not worth committing considering the items taken by the killer,"
Taufik said. (edt)