Bogor Police Investigate Information Of 18 Witnesses Revealing Mystery Of Noven Murder

The location of the murder of a teenager Yubelia Noven Cahya Rejeki (18) whose perpetrator has not been revealed since four years ago, precisely on January 8, 2019. (ANTARA/Linna Susanti)

BOGOR - Bogor City Police, West Java, investigated the statements of 18 witnesses in the murder of a vocational school student named Yubelia Noven Cahya Rejeki (18) which occurred on January 8, 2019, in a further investigation into the case, which had been suspended for approximately three years.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bogor City Police, Kompol Rizka Fhadila, said that the deepening of witness statements was being carried out while continuing to explore new clues and findings.

"We have examined 18 witnesses and continue to explore and develop them to find new clues and findings," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, August 10.

Kompol Rizka said that of the 18 witnesses who had been questioned, there were 11 school parties who had been examined and seven witnesses outside the school who had also been questioned.

The results of the re-examination of four people have been examined, one person has been examined according to his original statement and two people have moved domicile so they have not provided information.

Satreskrim, said Commissioner Rizka, had added examination material to them to clarify the identity or characteristics of the perpetrators.

Until now, witness statements are being investigated and the police are trying to find a bright spot for the identity and whereabouts of the perpetrators.

In addition, the police also continue to search for the whereabouts of two witnesses who have changed their domicile and phone numbers.

On the other hand, officers also coordinated with the Forensic Laboratory Center (Puslabfor) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police regarding the examination of evidence found and coordinating with the National Police Criminal Investigation Center (Pusinafis) regarding the automatic fingerprint identification system to obtain clues related to the alleged perpetrator.

In July 2023, the Bogor City Police, West Java, formed a new special team to re-investigate the murder of a teenager named Yubelia Noven Cahya Rejeki (18) which occurred on January 8, 2019.

This case was quite horrendous at that time and has not been revealed until now. The investigation of this case had stalled and is now reopening.

At the time of the incident, the perpetrator of the stabbing of a student at SMK Baranangsiang, Bogor City, West Java, was caught on a surveillance camera (CCTV) belonging to a resident at the scene on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. The CCTV evidence has been secured by the police.

The one-minute-six-second CCTV footage shows a stabbing second by an unknown man against the victim.

The man wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt and black trousers was seen waiting at the end of the alley where the incident occurred, precisely on the stairs of the Great Mosque of Riau Street Housing, RT002/RW003, Baranangsiang Village, Bogor.

The stabbing incident occurred at 15.55 WIB. The victim is known as Yubelia Noven Cahya Rejeki, born in Bandung on November 30, 2000, who is a grade XII student at the Baranangsiang Vocational School Clothing School.