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Chronology of violence against Angeline
The Bali Police are questioning a number of people following the finding of the remains of Angeline, an 8-year-old girl, who was reported missing for nearly a month in Bali
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he Bali Police are questioning a number of people following the finding of the remains of Angeline, an 8-year-old girl, who was reported missing for nearly a month in Bali. Her remains were found buried in the backyard of her adoptive mother's house. Here are some media accounts that reveal signs of ill treatment that Angeline may have experience before her death.
May 16 2015
Angeline's adoptive mother Margareith C Megawe reports the girl missing after she was last seen playing in front of the family home on Jl. Sedap Malam, Sanur, Denpasar, Bali, at 3 p.m.
May 17
Angeline's family creates a Facebook fanpage "Find Angeline-Bali's Missing Child".
May 18
Police question several witnesses to locate Angeline and track down Angeline's biological mother, Hamidah.
May 24
The National Commission on Child Protection (Komnas PA) visit Angeline's house and meet Margareith.
May 25
Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie forms a team to find Angeline.
May 26
Bali Police investigators quiz Margareith.
June 1
Officers from the Denpasar branch of the Community Services Center for the Protection of Women and Children (P2TP2A) visit Angeline's house, but Margareith refuses to meet them.
June 2
Police search the house but find no signs of Angeline.
June 3
Safe Childhood Foundation, the Bali branch of Sahabat Anak Foundation, and Komnas PA organize an event to distribute flyers on the missing girl in the neighborhood around Angeline's house.
June 5
Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi pays a visit to Angeline's house but is turned away by the family's house guards.
June 6
Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise pays a visit to Angeline's house but fails to meet any of the family members.
June 10
Police unearth the decomposing remains of Angeline with her doll, wrapped in a bed cover. The body was buried under a heap of trash in between banana trees next to chicken cages.
An autopsy on Angeline's body finds that the cause of her death was head trauma. In the autopsy, the police find signs of violence, namely bruises on the face, neck, hands and legs. Police also find a burn wound from a cigarette butt on the right side of her back in addition to traces of plastic rope around the neck.
After three weeks of Angeline being reported missing and presumed dead, the police apprehend a former domestic helper, Agus who confesses to committing acts of violent against Angeline leading to her death. Police also detain Margareith. (dmr)
Source: Media accounts from Antara, Kompas and other local media.(+++)
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