Just A Case Of Cellphone Charger, Husband In Baubau Kills Wife While Containing 3 Months

The Baubau Police of Southeast Sulawesi Province revealed the motive behind the death of Meli Safitri (19) a housewife who was pregnant with three months of being a victim of Domestic Violence (KDRT) by her husband HN (17) to death, in Lipu Village. Baubau Police Chief AKBP Bungi Masokan Misalayuk stated that the motive for MS's death was because of the victim's unborrowed cellphone charger case and the perpetrator did not want the contents of the conversation in his cellphone to be known to his wife because the perpetrator often chatted with other women. The victim died with unnatural conditions due to abuse allegedly committed by the perpetrator. The results of the post-mortem and autopsy were also found that several fatal injuries, one of which was broken in the neck bone. "The perpetrator also admitted that he had committed domestic violence against the victim at (6/12) 2023 at around 15.30 WITA when the victim said goodbye to her husband, when he returned from the social gathering at 18.30 WITa, the perpetrator also abused the victim, and when the perpetrator came home after night the perpetrator returned to abuse the victim," said Kapolres Bungi, Friday, December 15. The perpetrator admitted to assault by slapping the victim and hitting the head. there the perpetrator also had time to strangled the victim's neck and encourage the victim, as well as repeated beatings," said the police chief. The victim complained to the victim's aunt regarding her husband's heinous treatment, but the victim's aunt could not pick him up that night because he was outside Baubau City and promised to pick him tomorrow.

Unfortunately, when the victim's family came to pick up December 7 morning, the victim was already lying dead beside her husband who was sleeping. As a result of the perpetrator's actions, the police suspected Article 351 paragraph (3) More Sub-Article 351 paragraph (1) with a maximum threat of 7 years.