Police Successfully Identify The Body Of A Man Suspected Of Being A Murder Victim In The Pekon Lampung River

Tanggamus Police personnel conducted a crime scene at the location where the body was found. (ANTARA/HO-Humas Polres Tanggamus)

Tanggamus Lampung Resort Police (Polres) personnel are handling a case of finding a corpse in the Pekon River in Sukabanjar Village, Gunung Alip District, which is suspected of being a murder victim. "The Talang Padang Police and the Tanggamus Police Satreskrim handle and identify the findings of the bodies in the Sukabanjar Pekon," said Talang Padang Police Chief, Iptu Bambang Sugiono when contacted from the West Coast, Antara, Thursday, September 14. The body was first found by local residents lying in a plantation river at night. "Residents were shocked by the discovery of a body suspected of being a victim of murder and/or abuse that caused the victim to die in a sub-water flow of plantation filters located in Pekon Sukabanjar, Gunung Alip District, Tanggamus Regency, Wednesday, September 13, 2023, evening," he said. For this incident, the Talang Padang Police and the Tanggamus Police Satreskrim conducted identification and evacuated victims to the Batin Manungan Hospital (RSUD-BM) of Kota Agung for further identification by the medical team. "Several pieces of evidence were found from the crime scene, which has now been secured by the Tanggamus Police," he said. The team, he said, managed to identify the victim, namely Fadli Bin Arsyad Nasir (52) with the address of the Identity Card (KTP), Kampung Sawah Hamlet RT 002 Pekon Banjar Agung, Limau District, Tanggamus Regency. Previously, the police received information from the public at around 22.00 WIB, regarding a resident who saw a corpse. "Based on this information, we then went to the TKP with the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit and it was true that there was a corpse in the flow of siring near the roads and plantations of residents," he said. In the crime scene identification process, his party also secured a pair of purple flip-flops, a pair of brown leather sandals, a silver gold Xiomi cellphone, a sharp sickle hat and weapon. "In addition, black wallets were also found containing ID cards, KIS cards in the name of Padli, separate cash with placements of Rp. 259,000 and Rp. 86,000," he said. The police chief said that following up on the discovery of the corpse, his party had installed a police line at the TKP, brought in medical parties from the Kedaloman Health Center and examined witnesses. "The body was then evacuated to Batin Mangunang Hospital, Kota Agung using the Pekon Sukabanjar ambulance," he said. The chronology of the discovery of the bodies was first discovered by Supriyono and Bayu who saw a white white Honda Beat motorcycle with a green lis lying on the side of the highway as they drove a car around 22.00 WIB. The two witnesses honked because they suspected that a robbery had occurred, after that from the plantation direction suddenly a man immediately appeared and then woke up the position of the motorcycle whose position had fallen. The man, whose identity has not been identified, then took the motorbike away, so the two witnesses became suspicious, then informed witness Arnold. After receiving this information, witness Arnold and the community came to the place that was told by the two residents and found the body of a man who was dead with wounds on his neck and lips in the flow of plantation water. The police chief continued, in addition to identifying the victims, the Talang Padang Police have also met the families of the victims who are Pekon Appeal Agung, Talang Padang District, Tanggamus Regency.

"From his family's statement that the victim had been domiciled in Talang Padang after divorcing his wife," he added.