The Body Of A One-Day-Old Baby In Bogor Was Found Rotting In A Shopping Bag

BOGOR Police received a report about the discovery of a baby's body in the Sukasirna Village area, Jonggol District, Bogor Regency, West Java. The baby boy's body was found wrapped in a shopping plastic bag. Head of Jonggol Police (Kapolsek) Kompol Asep Fajar said the baby's body was reportedly found by residents on Tuesday evening.

"It is estimated that the victim (the baby) was only one day old," he said, in his statement, Wednesday, July 26. According to the police chief, the baby's body was found by local residents to go to the rice fields. On the way, residents saw a black shopping plastic bag surrounded by flies and emitted an unpleasant odor. The effect with the plastic bag, the resident saw and opened it. After opening it, it turns out that in the bag there was a baby's body with a condition that still contained ari-ari, said the police chief. The baby's body was then reported to the head of the local RT, which was forwarded to the Sukasirna Village apparatus and the Jonggol Police.

The police chief said that the officers who received the report immediately processed the scene of the baby's body (TKP) and collected information. Based on the results of the crime scene, he said, no other evidence was found related to the baby boy's body. "Furthermore, the baby boy's body was immediately taken to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital for further examination," said the police chief.