Woman From Sukabumi Found Dead With Her Neck Wrapped In Cable In Tarakan

The location of the boarding house on Jalan Lumpuran RT 16, Kampung 1 Tarakan Village, North Kalimantan, Saturday (26/8) was found by a woman with the initials N (21) in a wrapped neck condition. ANTARA/Susylo Asmalyah.

A woman with the initials N (21) was found dead in her boarding room on Jalan Luman, Tarakan, North Kalimantan, with her neck wrapped in a cable.

"The victim was found dead on Saturday morning at around 08.00 WITA by a neighbor next to the victim's room," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tarakan Police, AKP Randhya Sakhthika Putra, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, August 26.

He explained that the person who first found out that victim N was dead was a neighbor next to the victim's room who wanted to take clothes to wash.

"When he knocked on the door of the victim's room, there was no answer. Then the neighbor of the victim's room immediately went inside and saw that the victim was dead," said Randhya.

When found, the victim was found dead and the victim's neck was wrapped in a cable.

Randhya said the victim was taken to the Jusuf SK Regional General Hospital for a post-mortem and autopsy.

The police are currently conducting an investigation and examining two witnesses who are neighbors of the victim's room.

The last neighbor met the victim on Friday night at 23.00 WITA.

It is known that the victim is an immigrant from Sukabumi, West Java who works as a guide for a loose song at a karaoke place in Tarakan.

"The victim is an immigrant and has lived here for one year," he said.