A Class 10 High School Student In Mataram NTB Throws Her Baby's Body Into The River Becomes A Suspect

The Mataram City Police (Polresta) named a 10 high school student with the initials ER as a suspect in throwing her newborn baby's body into the river.

"From the results of the title which was strengthened by the testimony of witnesses and evidence, we have named the person concerned as a child suspect by applying Article 341 of the Criminal Code," said Head of the Mataram Police Satreskrim AKP Regi Halili in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Friday, January 17, confiscated by Antara.

The article explains the actions of a mother who for fear of being caught giving birth to a child or not long after and deliberately taking life or killing her child.

"According to the article we suspect, this child suspect is threatened with a maximum sentence of seven years in prison," he said.

For this determination, he said, investigators who saw the status of the suspect were still children who detained ER by entrusting him to the Paramita Center in Mataram City.

The case of the disposal of the baby's body was revealed from the findings of residents in the Ancar River, Mataram City. The baby's body was found in a black backpack on Sunday, January 12.

After the discovery, the police evacuated the baby's body in the backpack to the Bhayangkara Mataram Hospital.

"From the results of the post-mortem, the baby's body was male with a weight of 2.8 kilograms. Born at the age of nine months and 10 days, normal," he said.

Then, revealed the role of ER as the biological mother as well as the thrower of the baby's body, Regi said that his party found a piece of paper listed on the residence identity card belonging to ER's parents.

"After we investigated, it turned out that it was a photocopy of the suspect's father's ID card. From the identity tracing, the suspect's role was revealed," he said.

The backpack where the baby's body was found belonged to the suspect who is usually used to go to school.

"So, the suspect's actions are not known to his family. She gave birth alone in the bathroom," he said.