It Turns Out That The Man Who Was Found Dead Covered In Blood In The Kelapa Gading Luxury Apartment Had Tried To Commit Suicide In 2018

Police officers examine the body of a man found in Xenia's car in the parking lot of the Kelapa Gading apartment/ Photo: Doc. Kelapa Gading Police Station

JAKARTA – The Kelapa Gading Sector Police revealed new facts in the discovery of a man's body in a parked car at the Grand Emerald Kelapa Gading Apartment, North Jakarta. Based on the facts and the results of the crime scene, the police concluded that the death of the victim with the initials EJZ (36) was purely a suicide, not murder.

"Based on the facts, there is no indication that this victim was killed by someone, or that someone else was involved in the process of killing the victim," said Kelapa Gading Police Chief Commissioner Rio Mikael Tobing when confirmed, Friday, March 25.

Police Commissioner Rio also revealed that based on the post-mortem results, there were no other wounds found on EZJ's body other than his neck. The victim is suspected of committing suicide by slashing his own neck, because a knife was found near the body in question.

"Based on the results of the post-mortem that we received from the RSCM that the victim had no other injuries, apart from a stab wound of approximately 3-5 centimeters in the middle of the neck," he explained.

Rio explained, EJZ is said to be depressed because there are problems with his work. In fact, continued Rio, the victim several times intended to commit suicide.

"The victim has a history of depression in 2018, we got information based on family examinations, that the victim had planned to commit suicide," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the Kelapa Gading Sector Police had checked the CCTV footage installed in the P5 parking lot of the Grand Emerald Pegangsaan II Apartment, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.

CCTV inspection related to the discovery of the body of a man with the initials EJZ (36), in a Daihatsu Xenia car covered in blood.

Based on the CCTV footage, the victim before being found dead was seen pacing in the P5 parking area of the apartment. Before finally being found dead by his wife KAL (32), EJZ was seen several times heading to the right and left corners of the parking area, as if he was confused.

In the 1.15 second video, the victim is seen holding a small package which is suspected to contain cyanide.

"From the CCTV footage, we found the victim came to the lobby to pick up a package as big as a hand. When parking at P5, the victim got out of the car and headed south," Rio told reporters, Thursday, March 24.