Woman found dead in hotel

Woman found dead in hotel

JAKARTA (JP): A unidentified woman was found dead with 42 stab
wounds in a room at the Wisma Bungur Hotel on Jl. Kalibaru VI in
Senen, Central Jakarta, early on Saturday morning.

The body was taken to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
morgue. Police described the victim as having an oval face,
straight short hair, tanned skin and said she was about 160
centimeters in height.

Senen Police chief Comr. Pratikno said at his office that his
detectives were trying to locate a suspect in the case,
identified as M. Sidik, 35, of Kuningan, West Jakarta. The
suspect paid for the room where the woman's body was found.

A hotel employee said M. Sidik checked out of the hotel at
about 4:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Pratikno said eight witnesses, including hotel security
guards, had been questioned. Quoting the witnesses, the officer
said the woman checked into the hotel with M. Sidik late on
Friday night.

A hotel security guard, Sunardi, told the police that the
people in the adjoining room called the receptionist to ask for
somebody to be sent up to room 201. The caller said he heard a
woman in the room screaming, Sunardi said, adding that he and
another security guard, Dayat, rushed up to the room.

"The door was locked so we decided to break it down," he said.
"We were shocked when we saw the body of a naked woman covered
with stab wounds to her neck, chest and stomach lying on the
floor."

Police officers did not find the murder weapon in the room,
Pratikno said. (01)