Suspicious Of Never Leaving The House, Neighbors Found Youth In Serang Hanged Himself

The victim's body has been evacuated and an external examination (visum) was carried out at Bhayangkara Hospital in Serang City, Banten. (ANTARA)

SERANG - A resident of Kampung Kapol, Katorian Subdistrict, Cikeusal District, Serang Regency in Banten Province, with the initials DS (45) was found dead by hanging himself in his house. Head of Public Relations of the Serang Police, Iptu Dedi Jumaedi, said that the victim's body was first found by the victim's neighbors who were suspicious because they did not see the victim sitting in front of his house as usual, "he said. Dedi explained that the victim did not have a wife and child, and usually every day the neighbor saw the victim always sitting in front of his house. However, on that day the victim was not seen at all and did not leave the house. Because he felt that this neighbor's irregularity was checking into the victim's house by climbing to the second floor using a ladder and seeing the victim's body was already hanging using a rope. According to Dedi, for the cause of death, it is suspected that the victim was depressed due to the impact of termination of work rights (PHK) from his place of work in the Tangerang area. "The condition of the victim is depression and every Wednesday he gets treatment at the Puskesmas. The cause of depression is suspected to be due to being laid off from his place of work in Tangerang," he said.

The victim's body has been evacuated and an external examination (visum) was carried out at Bhayangkara Hospital in Serang City, Banten. "There were no signs of post-mortem but to determine the cause of death, the victim's body was rushed to Bhayangkara Hospital in Serang City for further investigation," he said.