Police focus on one suspect in boys killing
Police focus on one suspect in boys killing
JAKARTA (JP): Police are focusing their investigations on one
of the 10 men who have been questioned since a few days ago in
connection with the killing of at least eight boys in the city.
"As of today, our preliminary investigations have pointed to
him as the one who might have committed the crime but, so far, we
have yet to name him as the suspect," Jakarta Police Chief Maj.
Gen. Hamami Nata told reporters yesterday evening.
The two-star general, however, refused to go into details,
saying that the final investigation has not yet been concluded.
Eight boys aged between 11 and 13 years old have been found
dead. Most of the victims are believed to have been sodomized
before being murdered by the alleged serial killer.
By the time most of the unidentified victims were found, with
their stomachs torn out, their bodies had decomposed. Police said
that they had found no strong evidence at any of the crime scenes
to help them to trace the guilty party.
The first victim was found two years ago and the last one on
July 8. Four of the victims were found in bushes near a golf
course at the defunct Kemayoran airport in Central Jakarta while
the others were found in Pondok Kopi in East Jakarta.
Forensic expert Abdul Mun'im Idries from the Cipto
Mangunkusumo general hospital concluded that the latest victim
had been a long-time victim of anal sex.
Another reliable police source said that the teenage boy might
have been raped after being killed.
According to the head of the city police detectives, Col.
Paimin AB, the man, who is under intensive interrogation at the
East Jakarta police precinct, is in his 30s.
The officer, however, refused to give the identity of the man
or his work.
"He has been interrogated since two days ago," Paimin said
yesterday.
He said that so far police have no idea as to the precise
number of suspects in the serial killing spree.
Separately yesterday, a reliable source at the East Jakarta
police precinct said that a special team has been assigned to
hunt the perpetrator of the serial killings. (bsr)