The police are investigating the case of the death of an 11-month-old child who was found dead in one of the mosques in Singkawang City, West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan).
Kasatreskrim Singkawang Police AKP Deddi Sitepu said that the family believed the body of a boy under five years old was Rafa Fauzan who had disappeared 4 days ago.
After the toddler's body was found, he was taken to Abdul Aziz Hospital for cleaning, then taken to At Taqwa Mosque, RA Kartini Street, Sekip Lama Village, Central Singkawang District for prayer, then buried to the mosque cemetery.
AKP Deddi said that the doctor at Abdul Aziz Hospital Singkawang still could not explain the exact cause and time of Rafa Fauzan's death. For certainty, it must be autopsied.
However, he said, the family refused because they had accepted sincerely the death of their child.
"An autopsy was carried out or not, we from the Singkawang Police are still investigating to reveal who the perpetrator was and what the motive was for this incident," said AKP Deddi in his statement in Singkawang, Friday, June 13, which was confiscated by Antara.
Currently, the Singkawang Police have secured several pieces of evidence at the crime scene, such as the clothes and pampers worn by the victim. After that, his party will adjust to the statements of several witnesses.
"Today, we are also examining the witness who found the toddler in front of the door of the mosque, Roban Village, Central Singkawang District," he said.
AKP Deddi said that his party had deployed a K-9 team (tracker dog). From the results of the tracking, it was stated that the location where the toddler's body was found was a new location.
"This can be traced based on traces or traces of the alleged perpetrator carrying the toddler's body in front of the door of the mosque in Roban Village," he said.
He hopes that people who know about the incident of transferring the toddler's body will be able to inform the police to speed up the disclosure of this case.
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Previously, the victim was declared missing on June 10, 2025 at his caregiver's residence, Jalan RA Kartini Gang Kapas, Sekip Lama Village, Central Singkawang District, Singkawang West Kalimantan.
The victim was raised by Riska, who was the victim's neighbor in Gang Kapas.
According to witness testimony at the scene, at that time Rafa (the victim) was in the kitchen, while Shellsi (the nanny's child) entered the room.
After about 2 minutes, the witness came out of the room and found the victim was not in the kitchen and the back door was open.
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