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The National Police said on Thursday there was a possibility that the adoptive mother of Angeline, an 8-year-old found buried in her family's backyard, could be named a suspect over her death.

"Currently, only one person has been named a suspect, and that's Agus [a former domestic helper]. However, Angeline's [adoptive] mother is currently being interrogated," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Charliyan said at police headquarters in South Jakarta.

Anton explained that everyone who lived with Angeline would be questioned again to see if their statements matched. This includes her adoptive mother, Margareith Megawe, Margareith'€™s two bi­o­log­i­cal chil­dren, two people who rented rooms at Margareith'€™s boarding house and a se­cu­rity guard who once barred Ad­min­is­tra­tive and Bureau­cratic Re­form Min­is­ter Yuddy Chris­nandi from the house.

"We are investigating whether or not Agus received help," he said.

On Wednesday, Angeline was found buried near a chicken coop in the family home's backyard after 23 days of being reported missing.

The body had be­gun to de­cay when the po­lice found it cov­ered in a white cloth along with a doll, an adult'€™s black T-shirt and a small pair of blue jeans.

An au­topsy con­ducted by a foren­sics team re­vealed that An­ge­line had been dead for about three weeks. The team also found in­di­ca­tions of in­juries on the girl'€™s body.

An­ge­line'€™s mother, who adopted her when she was 3 days old, re­ported her miss­ing.

The police said had Agus confessed to killing Angeline on the day she went missing and was buried later that evening. (hhr)(+++)

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