Police Check Houses In Duren Sawit Related To Skull Findings

East Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Pol Nicolas Ary Lilipaly. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

East Jakarta Metro Police (Jaktim) checked all sides of the house on Jalan Nusa Indah 4, Malaka Jaya, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, where the skull was found, allegedly a human head.

"Yes, of course. We are investigating the crime scene (TKP) throughout the house, to check whether apart from the skull, there are also other bones around the house," said East Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Pol Nicolas Ary Lilipaly, quoted by Antara, Saturday, May 10.

The discovery of the skull occurred on Wednesday, May 7 evening. Nicolas said that when he did the crime scene processing after receiving the report, his party did not find any other human body bones.

"The results of the crime scene, we only found the skull (allegedly the head). We did not find any other bones related to the report," said Nicolas.

Until now, the case of the discovery of the skull in the ceiling of the house is still under investigation.

The police are also still waiting for the results of the examination by the Bhayangkara Tk I Hospital at the Police Health Center (Polri Hospital) Kramat Jati, East Jakarta to find out clearly the identity of the skull.

"So from there we will investigate whether it is a human skull, how old it is, and when it died. So while waiting for the results of the expert examination, we are still conducting an investigation," explained Nicolas.

Previously, residents of Jalan Nusa Indah 4, Malaka Jaya Village, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, were enlivened by the discovery of a skull suspected of being a human head at a resident's house, Wednesday, May 7 evening.

The owner of the house, Imam admitted that he had known about the skull for a long time. Imam and his family chose to leave the skull.

"When I wanted to move from here, I moved to the house across from there. It already exists, but I let it go. I'm okay," said Imam in Jakarta, Wednesday.

Then, Imam admitted that he did not know the origin of the skull. Moreover, to his knowledge, none of his family members kept objects such as skulls.