Parts of human body discovered in separate places

Parts of human body discovered in separate places

JAKARTA (JP): Dismembered body parts believed to be of a male
in his 20s were found at two separate locations in western
Jakarta on Monday afternoon.

The discovery of a head, two legs and two arms was reported at
1 p.m. by residents on Jl. Arjuna, near the Kebun Jeruk toll road
entrance in West Jakarta.

About half an hour earlier, locals in the Cikupa district of
Tangerang, about 30-minutes from where the other body parts were
discovered, found a human torso.

When contacted late in the evening, Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital forensic department head Budi Sampurna said the body
parts found at the two sites came from the same person. The body
was taken to the hospital for a postmortem examination.

"The cuts matched, but to make certain (the parts are from the
same body) the blood types should also be matched," he told The
Jakarta Post.

Budi also said the hospital's forensic experts had found
smooth cuts on the body, indicating that a sharp weapon was used
in the crime.

A hole was also found in the upper-right side of the head, but
it remained unclear whether it was the result of a gunshot wound
or a stab wound.

Budi, however, declined to disclose a possible time of death.
"It's not our job to disclose the results of our work to the
public. We will hand over the results to the police. Let them
make it public later."

Earlier, officers from the West Jakarta Police made a
preliminary conclusion that the dismembered body parts came from
the same person.

They said the victim was a male in his 20s with light-colored
skin, a hairy chest and a moustache.

The officers, however, declined further comment, saying they
were waiting for the final results of the postmortem examination.

"The autopsy is still underway so we can't make any final
conclusions in the case," West Jakarta Police chief Lt. Col.
Timur Pradopo said.

He added that he was still waiting for the results of blood
tests to confirm the body parts came from the same person.

However, one of Timur's detectives said the body parts came
from the same murder victim.

"There must be deep resentment behind this murder," the
detective said.

This is the first such discovery this year. The capital
witnessed three mutilation-murder cases last year. All of the
victims were female and the motive behind all of the murders was
personal disputes.

The body parts on the busy Jl. Arjuna, near the University of
Indonesia Esa Unggul, were first spotted by plant vendor Yahya.

He said when he left his business at midday there was nothing
suspicious. Returning half an hour later, he saw a cardboard box
and plastic bag dumped in a nearby garbage pile.

"When I came close to the spot, I saw two legs ... And when I
opened the cardboard box, I saw human hair ... and I didn't look
any further," Yahya said.

"There was still blood coming from the cuts (in the flesh),"
Yahya, 38, of Kebon Jeruk, said.

He stopped a passerby, later identified as construction worker
Samingan, to verify his discovery.

"He (Yahya) told to me to check whether what he saw was real
and after that he asked me to watch the body parts while he
alerted the police," Samingan said.

News of the discovery spread quickly and a crowd of people
flocked to the site, causing traffic congestion along the street.

Police arrived several minutes later to collect the body parts
and take them to the hospital.

The torso in Tangerang was initially discovered by a member of
the Cikupa District Military Command, Tangerang Police chief Lt.
Col. Pudji Hartanto said.

The torso was placed in a black plastic bag, he said.

"It was just dumped on the side of the road, which is a quiet
area there," Pudji said.

He said police first sent the body part to the local state-run
Tangerang General Hospital, but when they heard the West Jakarta
Police had a similar case, the torso was taken to the hospital in
Central Jakarta.(emf)