Mother In Balikpapan Has The Heart To Kill Baby And Save Her Body In Panci

Illustration of the perpetrator of the crime was arrested (ANTARA)

BALIKPAPAN - A housewife in Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, is suspected of ending her newborn baby's life due to panic. Tragically, to cover up her actions, the baby girl's body was hidden in a pot.

The mother with the initials KH, who is 21 years old, was finally named a suspect in the alleged murder of her newborn baby.

This incident began when KH was found bleeding in his room. The family then took him to the nearest hospital for medical help.

At the hospital, KH initially claimed the bleeding was caused by menstruation. However, after an examination, the medical team concluded that the severe bleeding experienced by KH was actually a post-born bleeding.

After the incident, the family reported this incident to the police, who later found the baby's body hidden in a pot stored in a wardrobe in the suspect's room.

Head of PPA Satreskrim Balikpapan Police, Ipda Futuhatul Ladiniyah said, in this case the suspect acted alone, starting from the birth process to killing the baby.

"The suspect did it alone, his initials are KH, 21 years old, and works as a housewife," said Futuhatul in his statement, Tuesday, November 5 afternoon.

Based on the autopsy results, several scars were found from blunt objects on the baby's innocent body, including injuries to the lower lip, right neck, and fractures to the lower jaw.

"Based on the findings, initially the baby girl was still alive. However, it is suspected that she died from being hit, because she was injured by blunt violence in the form of bruises on her lower lip, right neck, and right chest. And a fracture of her lower jaw was obtained," he explained.

From these findings, it was finally concluded that the baby girl, who was not even 24 hours old, was killed by suspect KH by being smothered so that the victim could not breathe.

Meanwhile, the suspect KH is now charged with a law on child protection and Article 341 of the Criminal Code concerning mothers who take the lives of their own children with a penalty of 15 years in prison.