Policewomen In West Lombok Become Suspects Of The Killer Of Her Husband Brigadier Esco

The West Lombok Resort Police have named Brigadier RS alias Rizka Sintiyani as a suspect in the case of the death of her husband, Brigadier Esco Faska Rely.

The Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Mohammad Kholid, confirmed the determination of the West Lombok Police as a suspect.

"Yes, his wife has become a suspect," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, September 19.

He explained that the determination of the suspect was based on the results of a special case at the NTB Police Headquarters which ended on Friday evening.

Regarding the follow-up to the determination, Kholid has not provided information, either in terms of detention or the criminal article being applied.

In handling the case at this stage of investigation, the police have examined a marathon of witnesses from the case of the death of Brigadier Esco who was found dead in a pathetic garden behind his house in Nyiur Lembang Dalem Hamlet, Jembatan Hangup Village, West Lombok Regency.

Head of Sub-Directorate III for Crime and Violence (Jatanras) of the NTB Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKBP Catur Erwin Setiawan last week, Thursday (11/9), said that West Lombok Police investigators in this case had examined at least 50 witnesses.

Of the dozens of witnesses who underwent examination before the West Lombok Police Satreskrim investigator, Catur emphasized that one of them was the wife of the deceased who was also a member of the National Police.

"The need for information from his wife is still. We have also examined the person concerned several times. Currently, he is still on duty at the West Lombok Police," he said.

In a series of investigations that led to the alleged murder. The police are also investigating the results of the cell phone extract belonging to Brigadier Esco and his wife.

The deepening of the evidence also refers to the examination of the results of forensic laboratory testing related to bloodstains found around the victim's house.

"The results are already there. Ask the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the West Lombok Police," he said.

The West Lombok Police have been revealed to have determined that the handling of this case will run at the investigation stage from the statement of the parents of the deceased who received the Notification on the Progress of Investigation Results (SP2HP) from the West Lombok Police Number: SP2HP / 66 / IX / RES.1.7. / 2025.

During the investigation, the police found indications of unlawful acts that led to the alleged murder of Brigadier Esco.

The police pocketed the initial evidence from the discovery of Brigadier Esco's body on Sunday (24/8) at 11.30 WITA.

His body was found in a state of neck entangled with a rope tied to a small tree in the garden behind his house.

Based on these findings, information quickly spread to the community and the police.

Brigadier Esco's body was then evacuated and the police conducted a crime scene investigation.

The identity of Brigadier Esco was revealed from the clothes he was wearing and his belongings such as cellphones, watches to the keys to two-wheeled vehicles in his trouser bags.