Middle-aged Man's Body Found Rotting In His House

Illustration - The discovery of the body of a person who died without anyone else knowing. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - A middle-aged man was found dead with a rotting body in his house in the Ciledug Indah I area, Pedurenan Village, Karang Tengah District, Tangerang on Sunday, September 3. The victim lived alone.

The victim with the initials ST (59) was found in a body position sitting in the back seat of the house. The victim died of illness.

The Head of the Ciledug Police, AKP Diorisha Suryo said, according to the testimony of the witness with the initials S, the victim's neighbor, he while passing by smelled an unpleasant odor from the victim's house.

"Then S reported this to the witness with the initials B, as RT. After checking, it turned out that the victim was found sitting dead," he told reporters, Sunday, September 3.

The residents then contacted the Ciledug Police. Furthermore, residents also informed the victim's family regarding the discovery.

"From the victim's family's statement that the victim had a history of asthma and heart disease. So it is suspected that he died of illness," he said.

For further processing, the victim's body was taken to the Tangerang District Hospital for a post-mortem.