Police Reveal Motives Behind Murder Of Open BO Woman At Senen Hotel Area

Suspect for the murder of an open BO woman in Central Jakarta/ Photo; Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The results of the examination of the suspect in the murder and robbery of a woman at the Laura Hotel, Central Jakarta, last July 25, officers received information from suspect HR (23) that the motive for the incident was economic pressure.

"The result of the perpetrator's statement, (he) needs money for daily life. The point is that the perpetrator regardless of his intention (to steal), so BO first when (the victim) was careless, the goods were taken. The perpetrator (not working) was unemployed," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Senen Police AKP Ganang Agung when confirmed by VOI, Wednesday, August 10.

Several new motives as a result of the investigation were revealed after the reconstruction of the murder was carried out. The reconstruction was carried out at the scene with 54 scenes on Tuesday, August 9, yesterday.

One of them, based on the initial chronology of the reconstruction of the first scene, it turns out that the suspect with the initials HR (23) was first in the Kalijodo area, West Jakarta. The HR suspect then had an idea and intended to carry out the theft.

In the second scene, the suspect HR is already around the Senen area, Central Jakarta. When finished eating at the coffee shop, the suspect found a piece of rope which was then stored in a sling bag.

From the findings of a piece of rope, the suspect HR already had other intentions or plans, including robbing and killing the victim's life.

"So the perpetrator brought a rope with the excuse of being on guard," he said.

AKP Ganang said HR actors started checking in at the Laura Hotel, Jalan Kramat Raya, Monday, at 01.00 WIB, in the morning. Precisely in room 505, the perpetrator and the victim had a massage and had sexual intercourse.

"Then the victim went to the bathroom. The perpetrator opened the victim's bag looking for valuables. When the perpetrator opened the victim's bag, the victim saw. There was an argument," he said.

The perpetrator then pushed the victim to the bed, then the victim with the victim's prone position smothered his head. After being pushed into the bed, the perpetrator took the rope.

"The mattress rope was prepared by the perpetrator first. (then to) It was tied to the victim's neck and pulled tightly twice. After the victim was weak, the perpetrator pushed the victim's head onto the bed. The perpetrator left carrying a ring, necklace and the victim's cellphone with the initials AF," firmly AKP Gangang.

Previously, it was reported that a teenage girl with the initials AF (18) was found horribly dead in Laura's hotel room, 5th floor, room number 505, Jalan Kramat Raya, Senen, Central Jakarta on Monday, July 25, early in the morning.

Then the perpetrator of the murder and robbery with the initials AF (18) was successfully arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Senen Police, Monday, July 25, evening. The suspect with the initials HR (23) was arrested at Palmerah Station when he was about to flee to Parung, Bogor.