Case Of Woman's Bodycored In Blitar Hoarding, 4 Witnesses Examined By Police

Blitar City Police Chief AKBP Danang Setiyo Pambudi Sukarno. (ANTARA/document)

BLITAR - Blitar City Police, East Java, examined four witnesses regarding the discovery of a human corpse, only a skeleton that was cast with cement at home in Bacem Village, Ponggok District, Blitar Regency.

"We have questioned four witnesses. What is clear is that there are witnesses who know, hear, see," said Blitar City Police Chief AKBP Danang Setiyo Pambudi Sukarno, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, November 22.

The four witnesses examined included the owner of the house with the initials SH who lived with his wife.

The police chief said that the owner of the house with the initials SH is still a witness.

"We haven't said this is the perpetrator, but we are still witnesses. We are intensively asking for information," he said.

The police are also still investigating the testimony of the witnesses regarding the findings of a human skeleton in a cement cor in a bedroom in Bacem Village, Ponggok District, Blitar Regency, Tuesday (21/11).

According to a team of doctors at Bhayangkara Hospital, Kediri, the human skeleton is female. The victim was buried for a long time between one and one and a half years.

"Yesterday, she was female. We already know her identity from the results of the forensic and laboratory checks. We are still investigating the perpetrators. We have secured one and we are investigating it for further investigation of the connection in the case," said the Police Chief.

The house where the human skeleton was found was known to have been lived by SH and his wife. SH previously migrated outside Java Island, then returned to his parents' house in Bacem Village, Ponggok District, Blitar Regency.

SH's parents have died so he and his family live in Blitar.

Meanwhile, Subagio, one of SH's relatives, said the house where SH lived was now sold to close family about two months ago.

The new owner of the house plans to carry out renovations, but he feels strangeness in one room whose condition is locked. After opening, it turned out that there was a casting floor and when the castings were found by human cages.

"Initially it was locked and wanted to be renovated, how come there were those that were buried. Finally, it was excavated and there was a skeleton," said Subagio.

He also did not know with certainty the identity of the human skeleton. However, from the police statement it was stated that the skeleton was a woman.

He said so far there was no suspicion at all against SH, even though he had not seen SH's wife for more than a year.

"If the news is secured (police), we thank the state apparatus for coming, being alert and fast," he said.