MATARAM - Two perpetrators of the murder of Maria Matilda Munoz Cazorla, a Spanish citizen at the Bumi Aditya Hotel, West Nusa Tenggara, locked the body of the 73-year-old woman for almost a month behind room number 136.
"Behind room 136 it's almost a month. The place is open. (The body) is positioned in a blanket," said Heri, one of the defendants, giving a statement before the panel of judges in the agenda hearing of the defendants at the Mataram District Court, Wednesday, January 28, reported by ANTARA.
Before being taken to the back of room number 136, Heri together with the defendant Suhaeli who is an employee of the Bumi Aditya Hotel, hid the body of Maria Matilda in the generator room for four days.
The two defendants kept Maria Matilda's body in the hotel's generator room after they carried out the theft which ended in the death of the Spanish citizen.
"His condition was still 'ngorok' (dying) when he was moved to the generator room. It was about 10 meters away from his room, take the body out through the window next to the room. Take it both," he said.
After storing the body in the generator room, Heri and Suhaeli returned to Maria Matilda's lodging room to clean up the traces, including the blood left on the floor. The two also took Rp3 million in cash and several foreign currency and the victim's cell phone.
The back of the empty room became the third location of the transfer of Maria Matilda's body. In the series of trials, the two defendants were recorded as having moved the victim's body six times.
After the back of room 136, Heri, a former employee of the Bumi Aditya Hotel, moved Maria Matilda's body to an empty room on the second floor of the hotel.
"In the empty room it was only one day, because I heard the news that the police came to check the crime scene," he said.
Because there was a check-up activity based on a report stating that Maria Matilda was missing, Heri moved Maria Matilda's body to the hill behind the hotel.
"There (the hill) we moved the location twice," said Heri.
Furthermore, the last location where the two defendants buried Maria Matilda's body, namely on the beach. The two defendants carried the body using a borrowed two-wheeled vehicle.
"From the hill, I (Heri) was in front, riding with Suhaeli. We put the body in a sarung, keep it in front (the dashboard)," he said.
Furthermore, Heri admitted that he was panicked by the incident. He did not expect it to end like this. From the initial intention to steal to pay debts, it turned into a disaster.
Maria Matilda was killed by a collision wound that caused bleeding on the head. This happened after Heri pulled the victim's body from the top of the mattress to the floor.
The action was carried out by Heri when the victim woke up from his deep sleep in the hotel room. At first, Suhaeli hit the victim's face and head from behind using a towel.
Then the victim's neck was twisted until he fell on the mattress. Seeing the victim was going to scream, Heri spontaneously covered the victim's body. Suhaeli's position was still covering the victim with a towel. Because he was still struggling, Heri then pulled Maria Matilda's body until it fell to the floor.
"I'm restless every night, I wake up, I'm not calm. I keep thinking, I regret it," he told the panel of judges, who were followed by similar statements from Suhaeli.
At the end of the examination, the chairman of the panel of judges Kelik Trimargo stated that the trial would continue on Wednesday (4/2), with the agenda of the prosecutor's demands.
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