Unidentified bodies buried in Bogor

Unidentified bodies buried in Bogor

BOGOR (JP): After being stored and unclaimed for three weeks
in the local Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Hospital's morgue, five
unidentified bodies were buried at Blender Public Cemetery in
Kebon Pedes on Sunday.

Two morgue attendants, Yusuf and Suwitno, said the Rp 70,000
burial fees for each of the adult remains were covered by the
hospital.

According to Yusuf, staff at the morgue had recorded details
of wounds, identifying marks and the causes of death in a bid to
help relatives who may one day appear at the hospital.

He added that families of missing, unidentified bodies
sometimes made inquiries at the hospital up to nine months after
burial.

The hospital received the five bodies at different times from
five different police stations in Bogor.

It is thought that one body was that of a murder victim
because his face had been burned off and there was a lengthy
wound in the abdomen.

Another body was that of a man in his 60s. It is believed the
man committed suicide by drinking poison.

Ciomas Police delivered a body of a man aged about 25 who
drowned in Situ Kranggan, Ciomas.

A fourth body was of a woman aged about 60 who had drowned in
Pakancilan River, and the fifth one was a male in his 20s who was
hit by a train in Kebon Pedes. (21/edt)