KEPRI - The Barelang Police have named a man with the initials RP (37) as a suspect in a domestic violence case that caused his wife to die.
Kapolresta Barelang Kombes Pol Nugroho Tri Nuryanto said the perpetrator and the victim were a married couple who had been married for five years and had one child aged three years.
"So the motive for this murder was a commotion between the two, the peak was on Wednesday, November 30. Where the perpetrator carried out this murder by hitting the victim using a glass bottle and strangling the victim to death," said Tri in Batam, Riau Islands, Wednesday, December 7, as reported by Antara.
The victim who had died was found by the mother at his house covered by a blanket. Knowing that his biological child was no longer alive, the mother informed residents and reported it to the police.
After receiving a report from the victim's family, the police immediately pursued the perpetrator. Then on Friday 2 December, officers managed to arrest the suspect who was hiding in his brother's house.
The police took decisive action because the perpetrator tried to escape when he was arrested.
"Before being arrested, the perpetrator tried to escape, so we need to take firm action in the form of a shot aimed at the perpetrator's leg," he said.
For this incident, the suspect is subject to Article 44 paragraph 3 of Law No. 23 of 2004 or Article 338 and or Article 351 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 15 years in prison.
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