Police are chasing a man suspected of murder by a junior high school student whose body was found in a field behind a karaoke place in Pandeyan Village, Grogol District, Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java (Central Java).

Sukoharjo Police Chief (Kapolres) AKBP Wahyu Nugroho Setyawan said the victim was known to have met a man suspected of being the perpetrator before being found dead on Tuesday, January 24.

"The victim of the murder was a student with the initials El (15), a resident of Banaran, Sukoharjo. From the results of witness statements and checking CCTV, there was already a bright spot for who the perpetrator was," he said, Wednesday, January 25, as reported by Antara.

Wahyu said from the testimony of the witness with the initials NT (18), a resident of Baki, Sukoharjo, the victim asked to be delivered to Kartasura on Monday afternoon January 23, to meet a man after an appointment via an online application. Witness NT after taking the victim to the location immediately went home.

Witness NT tried to contact the victim his mother was looking for because he had not returned home until late at night, but was not connected. The witness then contacted the victim's boyfriend with the initials IN (19), a security guard, to help find the victim.

IN received a message in the form of a location map received at around 15.30 WIB. From these instructions, the NT and IN witnesses then headed to the location and found the victim in a dead condition on Tuesday, January 24 evening.

The police, who received a report on the discovery of the body of the junior high school student, went straight to the scene to conduct an investigation and evacuate the victim's body to the hospital for an autopsy.

According to information from the forensic doctor who carried out the autopsy, there were stab wounds parallel to the victim's neck and chest.

According to the Police Chief, the wound was like a fork wound but only two points and the cause of death was due to injuries to the neck.

From the results of the crime scene, the police said the victim was wearing blue jeans with the color of his clothes. At the crime scene, a pack of unused condoms was also found, cigarette packs, and a black lip cream.

"We are still conducting an investigation to immediately arrest the perpetrators. This case has a bright spot leading to the perpetrators. Hopefully, they will be caught soon," he said.


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