Case Of One Family Murder In North Penajam Paser, Alleged Motives Of Love Are Blocked By Parents' Blessing

Penajam Paser Utara Police, East Kalimantan, is still investigating the murder case of a five-member family, of which there is a three-year-old child, in order to reveal the motive of the perpetrator.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of North Penajam Paser Police, AKP Dian Kusnawan, said the murder incident in Babulu Laut Village, Babulu District, was estimated to occur in the early hours of the morning at around 02.00 WITA.

As many as five people who were one family became victims in the murder incident, one of the victims was still three years old.

The victims of the murder were a married couple with the initials W (35) and SW (34), as well as three children, namely RJS (15), VDS (11), and ZAA (3).

The victims were taken by ambulance to Ratu Aji Putri Botung Regional General Hospital (RSUD), North Penajam Paser, and arrived at around 05.00 WITA for an autopsy.

Based on the autopsy results, continued Dian, the victims on average suffered serious injuries to the head.

The victim's family immediately prepared the funeral and the bodies of the five murder victims were immediately buried after the autopsy process at Ratu Aji Putri Botung Hospital, North Penajam Paser Regency was completed.

According to information received by ANTARA, the perpetrator of the murder had a romantic relationship with one of the victims, namely the eldest child. However, the relationship between the two ran aground because the girl's parents did not approve of it.

According to Dian, the staff is still investigating the information. "To reveal the motive for the murder case, we are still investigating the initial information related to romantic relations," he said.

"We have arrested the perpetrator with the initials JND (17) and are currently still being investigated intensively to reveal whether there were other perpetrators and confirm the motive for the murder," explained the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit.

North Penajam Paser Police personnel are also still guarding the victim's house and providing a mobile police line for investigation purposes.