Perpetrators of Sleman Mutilation Entangled in IDR 8 Million in Loan Debt, Victims Killed and Confiscated

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SLEMAN - Director of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the DIY Regional Police Kombes Pol Nuredy Irwansyah Putra said the motive for HP (23), the suspect in the murder accompanied by the mutilation of a woman in Sleman Regency, Saturday, March 18, was because he wanted to control the victim's assets to pay debts for online loan applications.

"To control the victim's property because the suspect was in debt 'online' or borrowed from three applications worth IDR 8 million, so the person concerned was looking for a way to pay off the debt by getting money quickly by committing murder", said Nuredy, quoting Antara, Wednesday, March 22.

Meanwhile, the reason for mutilating or cutting off the victim's body parts, he said, was an attempt by the suspect to erase the traces of his crime.

"The victim's body parts will be disposed of in a 'septic tank' or toilet, while the bones will be taken using a backpack that has been prepared. We found a backpack at the crime scene to dispose of the body parts", he said.

However, continued Nuredy, the suspect HP discouraged him from disposing of the mutilated body parts of the victim.

After a while having gone out to eat at the shop, HP decided not to continue what he was doing and chose to run away with the victim's belongings.

"Because the suspect's work took a long time and while he was eating and drinking at (warung) Warmindo, he changed his mind, left his job, returned to the guesthouse and then ran away", he said.

In addition to taking the money, the suspect, who has a close relationship with the victim, sold the victim's cell phone worth IDR 600,000, as well as a motorbike, although it had not yet been sold.

"The victim and the suspect already know each other. They met on Facebook in November 2022, and they have met several times and had sex several times", said Nuredy.

Previously, the body of a woman was found mutilated in the room of an inn in Purwodadi Hamlet, Pakembinangun Village, Pakem District, Sleman Regency, Sunday, March 19, evening.

The woman's body is known to have the initials AI (35), a resident of the City of Yogyakarta.

Based on the results of the autopsy, the Head of Subbid Dokpol for Health Medicine (Biddokkes) Polda DIY AKBP Aji Kadarmo said there was a wound on the victim's head which was allegedly hit first with an iron that the suspect had brought. After that, the perpetrator killed and mutilated the victim.

At the crime scene, the police found several sharp weapons ranging from commando knives, chainsaws, and "cutter" knives that were allegedly used by the suspect in his crime.

The suspect HP, who is a daily freelance tent rental service worker, was arrested at a relative's house in Gemawang District, Temanggung Regency, Central Java, on Tuesday, March 21, afternoon.

The police charged HP with Article 340 of the Criminal Code concerning Premeditated Murder, a subsidiary of Articles 338 and 365 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code concerning violent killings.

"The maximum threat is death or life imprisonment", said Nuredy Irwansyah Putra.