Men's Motives For Killing Couples Using Hammers In Samosir, North Sumatra Revealed, Because Of Being In Debt And Then Robbing Rp12 Million Of Money

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MEDAN - The motive for the murder of a married couple in Samosir Regency, North Sumatra, Jimmi Gultom (55) and Henny Kartini (54), which was carried out by Marwan alias Begu, was revealed by the police. Before killing the lives of the two victims using a hammer, the perpetrator was in debt.

Samosir Police Chief, AKBP Josua Tampubolon said the bloody incident occurred at the victim's house in the Tirta Momi Inn Hotel Complex Lost Holang, Martoba Village, Simanindo District, Samosir Regency.

AKBP Josua explained that before killing the two victims, the perpetrator and his wife had had an argument over debt issues.

"Many are collecting debts from the perpetrators to their wives. Even though her wife's job is to sell fried foods," said AKBP Josua, Monday, July 25.

After that, the perpetrator intends to rob the victim's house who is also a co-worker at the hotel. The victim is known to be a hotel employee in charge of holding payment from hotel customers.

"Furthermore, the perpetrator then went to the warehouse of his house. From the warehouse, Marwan alias Begu took his hammer as a tool to break into the victim's house," he explained.

However, the attempted robbery failed. Because, when the perpetrator was about to enter the victim's wife's room, the condition of the room was locked.

The perpetrator left the victim's house and resumed his actions on Monday, July 17 morning. At that time, the perpetrator saw Henny in the kitchen, while Jimmi went to take his son to school.

"At that time, the perpetrator was able to enter the victim's house and hide in the bathroom. Not long after, he came out and immediately hit the victim Henny with the hammer he had brought, several times," he said.

Moments later, Jimmi's victim returned home. As a result of panic, the perpetrator then locked the victim's house.

"The victim entered through the window and saw his wife was already lying down," he said.

Without further ado, the perpetrator also directly hit the victim Jimmi's head with the same hammer. After killing the two victims, the perpetrator immediately took the money for hotel accommodation at the victim's house amounting to Rp. 12 million and took him away.

"The perpetrator said that what was taken from the victim's bag amounted to Rp. 12 million," he said.

The police who received the incident report then investigated the whereabouts of the perpetrator. After being on the run, the perpetrator was arrested on Thursday, July 21 in the City of Tebing Tinggi.

Initially, the perpetrator intended to flee to Pekanbaru City, Riau. When he was about to be arrested, the perpetrator tried to fight the police so he had to be shot.

"The perpetrator is charged with Article 340 or the article on premeditated murder. The threat is the death penalty or life imprisonment or a maximum of 20 years," he continued.