Police Find Missing Student from Karangasem Who Was Stranded in Denpasar

As reported by detikBali, the Head of Public Relations at the Karangasem Police, Bali Police, Ipda I Nengah Artono, stated that NPJ left her home on Wednesday, May 6th. However, her parents only reported her disappearance to the Kubu Police Station a week later, on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026.

The Criminal Investigation Unit (Reskrim) and the Intelligence Unit (Intel) of the Kubu Police Station then investigated and searched for the victim, eventually locating her.

“She was found last night, and today her family picked her up, and she is in good health,” said I Nengah Artono on Friday, May 15th, 2026.

The 13-year-old student was found in Canggu Village, North Kuta District, Badung, on Thursday night, May 14th. She told the police that she had been invited by a woman she met on social media to go out and visit several places before being left on the side of the road in Denpasar.

After being left, NPJ contacted a friend in Denpasar to pick her up. She then stayed with her friend in a boarding house for a week. When she was found, NPJ and her friend were coincidentally out for a walk to her aunt’s workplace in Canggu Village.

After undergoing questioning, NPJ’s parents no longer pursued the matter of their child’s disappearance. NPJ then returned to her parents’ home.