2 Bodies Floating In Bekasi River Successfully Identified, On Behalf Of Muhammad Rizky And Ahmad Davi

A number of BPBD officers from Bekasi City and the police stood in the foreground of a bag containing seven bodies found floating in the Bekasi River. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Two families of seven bodies were found floating in the Bekasi River, Pondok Gede Permai housing estate, RT 04/08, Jatirasa Village, Jatiasih District, Bekasi City, West Java, have visited the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Sunday, September 22.

Sobs broke out when the two victims' families found out that two of the seven victims were members of their family who died.

The two families immediately met with police officers and a forensic team to ensure that one of the victims was a member of his family.

"Two (familys have arrived). The sooner we collect the data, the sooner (identification). The more information, the faster it will be," said Head of Yandokpol Bhayangkara Hospital TK 1, Kombes Herry Wijatmoko to reporters, Sunday, September 22.

Meanwhile, the two families who have come to the Police Hospital are the families of the victims Muhammad Rizky (19) and Ahmad Davi (16).

They couldn't help but cry when they found out that the two bodies were members of their family.

According to the family of the victim Muhammad Rizky, they only matched the last clothes worn by the victim on the last day. When he saw the face of the victim Muhammad Rizky, the victim's older brother also immediately recognized him.

However, according to Kombes Herry, matching through clothes and other data can help facilitate the identification of victims.

"The more data found, the sooner we can compare," he said.

For matching, he continued, there are also two criteria, namely primary identifier and secondary identifier.

"The primary ones are fingerprints, teeth, DNA. We can check the fingerprints later, then we can also check the teeth, then we will take the DNA," he said.

While secondaries are property. Kombes Herry said, for example, the victim used a clock, digital or analog, what brand.

"Then wear a necklace, what kind of clothes do you wear, what clothes do you wear. Now we will match it. The more information we will combine. Through medical, for example, we have surgery, broken leg surgery, there are medical records that we match," he said.