Grandmother On The High Cliffs Of North Sumatra Found Dead In Her Room, Lost Jewelry And Money Stolen By Thieves

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MEDAN - A 78-year-old grandmother named Siti Ramonah Br Siregar was found dead at her house on Jalan Kodim Dormitory, Persiakan Village, Padang Hulu District, Tebing Tinggi City, North Sumatra. He is suspected of being the victim of robbery and murder.

The Head of Public Relations of the Tebing Tinggi Police, AKP Agus Arianto, said the victim was first found dead by his grandson with the initials A (18). In his daily life, the victim lives alone with A.

Before being found dead, A said goodbye to the victim to come out. At that time, the victim was watching television alone.

"Saturday August 13 at 20.30 WIB, A left the house by saying goodbye to the victim to go play with his friends. Witness A told the victim to bring the house keys if he came home late at night not to bang on the house," said AKP Agus, Monday 15 August.

After meeting with his friends, A returned home on Sunday, August 14 at around 01.30 WIB. A entered the house by opening the door using the key he brought with him.

"When he was inside the house, the witness saw that the middle door was already open. A said before he left the house he locked the door and went straight into the room," he explained.

AKP Agus explained that when A woke up at around 09.00 WIB, he immediately opened the door of the victim's room. At that time, he saw the victim was already dead.

"With the victim's position on his back and a sleeping pillow placed on the victim's face and from the nose the victim experienced discharge," he said.

"It is suspected that the perpetrator entered the victim's house through the side room window, which at the time of the incident was in an open position and there were nicks in the window frame," he continued.

Next, A saw that the victim's valuables and money had disappeared.

"Items that are suspected to be missing from the victim's body are 2 grams of earrings missing from the victim's ear, 5 grams of gold bracelet missing from the victim's right hand and Rp 3 million in cash missing from the victim's chest," he said.

The police who received this information immediately went to the scene and took the victim's body to the hospital for an autopsy.

"Furthermore, the officers immediately hunted down the perpetrator. It didn't take long, in the evening the police arrested MRA alias A (28) and a 17-year-old man," he said.

Currently, he said, the two perpetrators and a number of evidences have been secured at the Tebing Tinggi Police Headquarters for examination.

"For their actions, the two perpetrators were charged with Article 338 subsidiary Article 365 paragraph (3) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Justice System with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison," he said.