Police Haven't Named A Suspect In The Burning Of Wife And Children In Kudus, The Reason Is That The Perpetrator Is Still Being Treated At The Hospital

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KUDUS - Kudus Resort Police, Central Java, has not yet named a suspect in the case of a husband burning his wife and child until the two victims died.

"The perpetrator is still being treated at the hospital and cannot be questioned yet," said Kudus Police Chief AKBP Wiraga Dimas Tama as quoted by Antara, Monday, April 18.

Previously, he said, when he was about to be questioned, the perpetrator actually fainted and had to wait for his health condition to improve.

The Kudus Police has also not escalated the case to the level of investigation and its status is still as a reported party.

In determining the suspect, his party requires sufficient evidence, starting from the statements of witnesses, evidence, including the information of the alleged perpetrator whose status is also a witness.

The alleged perpetrator of the arson of his wife and child, Edi Kusmanto (38), a resident of Klumpit Village, Gebog District, Kudus Regency after the arson, is still undergoing intensive treatment at the Loekmono Hadi Kudus Regional General Hospital due to burns all over his body.

The victim Muhammad Syarif Abdullah, who was the perpetrator's son who was only 1.5 months old, died on the way to the Sunan Kudus Islamic Hospital on Saturday (16/4), while Sulistiana (wife) died at the same hospital on Saturday (16/4). ) the night after receiving treatment.

The anesthetist at the Loekmono Hospital Hadi Kudus Listiyani explained that the condition of the patient named Edi Kusmanto is currently still being given a sedative to avoid unwanted things, such as forcing the IV needle to be removed from his body.

"The patient's condition also shows signs of deterioration, such as quite high hemoglobin (Hb) and leukocytes or white blood cells which are also high enough to double the normal level. Leukocytes themselves play an important role in helping the body fight infection or other diseases," he said. .

According to him, patients who experience burns up to more than 80 percent are at risk of death due to kidney failure, pulmonary sepsis, and heart disease.

The incident of burning his wife and children occurred on Saturday (16/4) at around 08.00 WIB at his wife's house which is next to her parents' house, Klumpit Village. Edi Kusmanto was the first to find out about the incident when he heard screams from his younger brother in a locked room.

After the door was broken, it was seen that his sister was on fire with her child, including the perpetrator who was also burned. With improvised tools, the fire that burned the mother and child was successfully extinguished, while the perpetrator fled and then surrendered to the Kudus City Police.