Police Make Sure The Deaths Of Hamka And Her Toddler Child Who Rotted In The House Were Due To Illness

The house where Hamka and her toddlers were found was in Koja Jakut/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The police confirmed that the deaths of Hamka and his son, a toddler Abid Qushayyi who was found dead rotting at a house in Koja, North Jakarta, were not murder victims. This is known based on the results of an investigation involving the National Police Laboratory to the RSCM Medical Team, Central Jakarta.

North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Pol Gidion Arif said that Hamka's body was suspected of having died due to illness. Because before the victim was found dead, he did not interact with anyone.

"We make sure no one else interacts with the victims at the time of the incident. It is suspected that the body on behalf of Ir Hamka died on October 20, 2023. He died of illness," Gidon told reporters, Friday, December 15.

Meanwhile, Abid's body is also thought to have died of illness. Because after his father died, and his wife was sick, no one gave him food.

"His father died then his son approximately 3 days of empty stomach or did not contain food. (So) we can conclude that the investigators concluded that the deaths of the two victims were declared normal deaths due to illness," he said.

Regarding the two bodies that were kept in the house, because the wife was sick, so she couldn't do anything.

"You can't make any efforts because of his physical and psychological condition that is not qualified to make rescue efforts so that he is in a joint condition with the body for up to 8 days," he concluded.

The discovery of the bodies of Hamka Rusdi (50) and his baby girl, AQ (2) was found by residents in the house, on Jalan Balai Rakyat Tiga, Tugu Selatan, Koja, North Jakarta.

After being evacuated, the National Police Hospital conducted an examination of the two bodies.

North Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Gidion Arif Setyawan revealed, the results of the interim examination revealed that there were wounds on the baby's face and forehead.

"There are wounds on the face and forehead (but). There are no visible visible injuries," said North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Gidion Arif Setyawan to reporters at the North Jakarta Metro Police, Monday, October 30.