The Suspect In The Murder Of A Transgender In Mauk Claims To Have Persecuted The Victim To Death, Before Being Burned

The discovery of transvestites' body in Mauk, Tangerang Regency/ Photo: IST

TANGERANG W (23), a teenage boy suspected of transvestigating a transvestites in Mauk, Tangerang Regency, admitted that he had abused his victim before finally being burned and dumped in empang.

The Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tangerang Police, Kompol Arief Nazarudin Yusuf, said the perpetrator had the heart to take the action to eliminate traces of his crime.

"In a helpless state, the victim was persecuted first. Then to eliminate traces, the person concerned took the initiative to burn the deceased," said Arief when confirmed, Friday, November 10.

Furthermore, after the victim was burned, the perpetrator threw the body into the pond so that the victim's body was not known by local residents.

"Then after the arson, the suspect threw his victim in an empang around the crime scene," he said

However, the victim's body was found by local residents. The police who received the report immediately followed up until the perpetrator was finally arrested. Currently, the perpetrator has been named a suspect under Article 338 of the Criminal Code.

The suspect is still under investigation to explore the motive for the heinous act.