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Suspected child-killer maid fit for questioning
A psychological examination of a maid who allegedly killed her employersâ son has shown that she is mentally fit for questioning, according to police
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psychological examination of a maid who allegedly killed her employers' son has shown that she is mentally fit for questioning, according to police.
City Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said on Thursday that the suspect, who was recently arrested in a hiding place near the Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta, had shown indications that she is mentally fit for questioning and trial.
'There is no indication that she is mentally imbalanced, according to the psychological tests we conducted at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Wednesday,' he said.
The police conducted the tests on 23-year-old Sartinah because they discovered during their three-week manhunt that her family in Central Java had a history of mental illness.
After she was arrested, Rikwanto said, Sartinah confessed to murdering the three-and-a-half-year-old child on Oct. 20 because he would not stop crying.
Sartinah, who had only been working at her employers' residence for 10 days, suffocated the boy with a pillow and then slit his right wrist to ensure that he was dead.
Sartinah could face multiple charges for torturing a minor under Article 80 of the 2002 Child Protection Law and for murder under Article 338 of the Criminal Code, which could impose a cumulative 15-year prison sentence.
