Male body found buried in rented house in Depok, police check 6 witnesses

DEPOK, KOMPAS.com – Kapolres Metro Depok, Kombes Azis Andriansyah said its staff had examined six witnesses regarding the discovery of the body of a man suspected of being buried in the floor of a rented house in Daman Corporal Alley, Jalan Raya Muchtar, Sawangan Baru, Depok , West Java, on Wednesday (11/18/2020).

“As of today, there have been six witnesses. Last night three, this afternoon three more, so six witnesses,” Azis told reporters Thursday.

From questioning the witnesses, the police obtained a temporary suspicion as to the identity of the buried body, which was identified as a man in his 30s.

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The statements of witnesses, including the owner and neighbors, were then combined with the fingerprints of the identification team at the scene.

“From the results of taking statements from various witnesses, we suspect that this body is someone with the initials D,” Azis said.

“I have not mentioned the exact name, because there is no cross-checking with other information or with information familiar to his identity. These are only fingerprint findings,” he said.

Currently, the body of the victim believed to have been murdered is in the autopsy process.

According to Azis, while the official results of the autopsy were awaited, the tracking of a series of tests was accelerated, especially the discovery of the ceramic tiles used to cover the graves.

“The tiles are also our find, whether they are old or new tiles, where do they come from,” said Azis.

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“Because the investigation is not only focused on the bodies, but the items found at the TKP (crime scene) are also registered, including the tiles, whether or not they are in shops around here,” he said.

Chronology of the discovery of the body.

Sukiswo (60), owner of a rented house, is the first discoverer of the body.

Initially, Sukiswo said, his wife asked him to repair the bathroom in the rented house because it was clogged.

“However, after I saw it, there were tiles of different colors. So I was suspicious of the floor,” Sukiswo told reporters Wednesday night.

“I went through it, I hit it, it was empty, so I decided to dismantle it,” he continued.

The demolition begins around 2:30 p.m. WIB until 4:00 p.m. WIB.

Then Sukiswo paused for a moment to perform Asr prayer and perform other activities. Then the demolition continued after the evening prayer.

“After all this time, nothing was found, but after we saw that there was cement and cement waste that was not sticky to the ground, this was suspicious to me. Finally I kept digging again, ”Sukiswo said.

Then he attached a lever and pulled it so the structure under the floor could unravel more quickly.

“As soon as I shook the lever, there was an odor. After that, I reported it to Pak RT and RW,” Sukiswo said.

“Just after digging a bit more, it looks like a knee, but I’m not sure, but it looks like this (knee),” he added.

The police who received the report arrived at the scene. The excavation was then carried out in conjunction with the identification equipment, until it was found that the bones were actually part of the body that was buried in a hunched-over sitting position.

Some of the victim’s clothing remained even though the corpse had turned to dirt.