West Java Police Investigate Motives For The Murder Of Mother And Child In Subang

The current situation is the house where the case (TKP) was killed by a mother and child in Subang, West Java, Wednesday (18/10/2023). (ANTARA/Ricky Prayoga)

The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the West Java Police is investigating the motives of the suspects and the possibility of other suspects in the murder of mothers and children in Subang.

"We are still investigating the motives of these suspects, we are exploring the roles of each suspect and then looking for the possibility of other actors being involved in this case," said Director of General Criminal Investigation (Direskrimum) of the West Java Police, Kombes Surawan, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, October 18.

The police, said Surawan, are still looking for other evidence in the case of the murder of the mother and child after investigation steps were carried out, such as five crime scenes, two autopsyes, 121 witnesses, and 261 pieces of evidence.

"We are still collecting evidence and looking for other evidence used to commit murder," he said.

Despite investigating the possibility of a new suspect, Surawan revealed that so far the alleged perpetrators of this murder have been directed at the suspects Yosep and M. Ramdanau.

"Yes, we suspect that the two people we are now arresting are YH," he said.

When viewed from the temporary role concluded by the police, the Danu suspect was the first person to accompany the Yosep suspect to the scene. He is known to have taken a machete suspected of executing the murder.

Danu had time to clean the scene of the case so that it interfered with the investigation process.

"MR who cleaned the blood on the floor then put the clothes in the bathroom," he said.

The police have named five suspects in the case of the murder of a mother and child in Subang, namely M Ramdana alias Danu, Yosep (YH) and his wife Mimin (M), as well as Yosep's two children, namely Arighi Reksa Pratama (AR) and Abi (A).

Of the five suspects, investigators have only detained two suspects, namely Yosep and M Ramdanau.

The Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police, Kombes Pol Ibrahim Tompo, said this was a consideration from investigators.

"So now five suspects, only two are detained because of subjective investigation considerations," said Tompo.

This case began with the discovery of the bodies of a mother and child in the trunk of an Alphard car in Ciseuti Hamlet, Jalan Cagak Village, Jalan Cagak District, Subang Regency.

The police stated that the bodies identified as Tuti (55) and her son Amelia Mustika Ratu (23) were murder victims on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.

Along the way, the case, which was initially handled by the Subang Police, was taken over by the West Java Regional Police since November 15, 2021, on the grounds that it was to streamline the timing of investigations and case investigations. Any conventional clues and evidence that can help with the investigation will be juxtaposed digitally.

The West Java Regional Police also formed a special team to investigate this case.

A number of investigative steps include five crime scenes, two autopsyes, and 121 witnesses, and 261 pieces of evidence.

A total of seven expert witnesses have been questioned, some of whom are facial sketches experts, mental health doctors to K9 tracking animal units. Investigators analyzed surveillance cameras or 'closed television tweets' (CCTV) at 40-50 location points along 50 km.

In fact, the sketches of the faces of the alleged perpetrators were distributed to all police in the hope of obtaining information on the identity of the perpetrators of the murder.