Seven-day-old headless body

JAKARTA (JP): A forensic expert said yesterday a headless body found Wednesday night in Cakung, East Jakarta, was about seven days old.

Mun'im Idris of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital said he believed the boy, found on Jl. Raya Bekasi, was killed the night of June 19.

It is believed that the boy was a scavenger, about 15 years old, he said.

He said the condition of the body was similar to another headless body found on Jl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai on Dec. 30 last year.

Mun'im said the two bodies' stomachs had been slashed and their anuses were injured and contained semen. The stomach cuts were of the same shape.

"The killer slashed the stomach at five angles neatly. I don't think the killer did it all in one day either," he said.

Police were still investigating the case, a source at East Jakarta Police precinct said.

Some scavengers had been questioned whether they could identify the body, the officer said.

Recently, Central Jakarta District Court sentenced Siswanto alias Robot Gedek to death on May 20 for the sodomy and premeditated murder of 12 boys in Jakarta and Central Java. (jun)