Twisted love: Ahmad Imam Al Hafitd and Assyifa Ramadhani pictured in Bekasi Police station. (Twitter)

Elisabeth Diana was deeply shocked to learn that the brutal murder of her only child, Ade Sara Angelina Suroto, may have been committed by her daughter'€™s ex-boyfriend, who she once regarded as her own son. The mourning woman, however, said she fully forgave the alleged killer, as well as his new lover who is suspected of assisting her boyfriend in the murder of 19-year-old Sara.

Elisabeth said she trusted the police to uphold justice for her family. According to the police, the suspected murderers could be facing the death penalty.

Speaking to reporters after her daughter'€™s funeral at Pondok Kelapa Cemetery in East Jakarta on Friday afternoon, 40-year-old Elisabeth looked strong and offered a spirit of forgiveness to the alleged killers.

'€œI believe they are good kids. They just could not control their internal bad sides,'€ said Elisabeth, regarding the suspected killers.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said that the police had arrested two suspects, identified as Ahmad Imam Al Hafitd, 19, and his girlfriend Assyifa Ramadhani, also 19. Hafitd, Assyifa and Sara became friends when they studied together at a public senior high school in East Jakarta, from which they graduated last year.

Rikwanto said that, according to preliminary questioning, the police believed the two suspects had committed the murder out of anger, jealousy and a fear of being abandoned.

Citing investigators, Rikwanto described Hafitd as Sara'€™s ex-boyfriend. Hafitd told the police that he was angry and brokenhearted because Sara had refused to answer his telephone calls or respond to his other communication efforts after their relationship broke up last year.

Meanwhile, Hafitd'€™s new girlfriend, Assyifa, confessed that she was jealous because Hafitd was always thinking about Sara and not about her. She regarded Sara as a major obstacle in her relationship with Hafitd.

Sara'€™s body was found on the side of the West Bekasi toll road on Wednesday morning. She was a student at Bunda Mulia University in Pademangan, North Jakarta. On Tuesday evening, she was allegedly picked up by Hafitd and Assyifa from Gondangdia train station in Central Jakarta. It is believed that Hafitd and Assyifa then tortured Sara inside a car until she died, before dumping her body on the side of the toll road.

'€œThey made the [murder] plan a week ago,'€ Rikwanto said on Friday.

Adrianus Meliala, a professor of criminology from the University of Indonesia, believed that the death occurred because Hafitd and Assyifa were beginners in crime. '€œThey [felt that they] could do anything because they hadn'€™t yet felt the consequences,'€ he said.

Adrianus added that youth in Jakarta tended to commit violent acts because their emotions were unstable. They have wealth from their parents and they believe they can do anything because they have such resources.

'€œThe couple'€™s motives might be similar to the motives of youths who start brawls. They become angry easily and tend to act irrationally,'€ Adrianus said.

Youth psychologist Tiwin Herman said that adolescents tended to live their lives aggressively. This can be expressed through a wide variety of actions, one of which is by committing rebellious acts.

Hafitd is the son of physician Ahmad Sumantri Ownie, who was reportedly involved in an illegal abortions in 2009.

Tiwin said that Assyifa may have had different motives to her lover, as she might have agreed to assist in the murder to prove her love for Hafitd. '€œIt was a way for her to express her feelings for Hafitd. I think she had a huge desire to become his only girlfriend,'€ she said. (ask)

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