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View all search resultsEngeline's adoptive mother arrested
The Bali Police have arrested Margriet Megawe, the adoptive mother of Engeline, after indications were found that she had initially abandoned the murdered 8-year-old girl
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he Bali Police have arrested Margriet Megawe, the adoptive mother of Engeline, after indications were found that she had initially abandoned the murdered 8-year-old girl.
The police said in Denpasar on Sunday that Margriet was arrested based on a report by the Center for Integrated Services for Empowerment of Women and Children in Denpasar, Bali, that she had allegedly abandoned the child.
'We just found evidence implicating Margriet as a suspect in another case, namely child abandonment,' Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Ronny Sompie said.
Margriet, along with her daughter Yvone, was arrested at a villa in Canggu, Badung, early on Sunday and taken to the detention center at Bali Police headquarters.
Ronny explained that Margriet was taken into custody as a suspect after the suspected murderer of Engaline claimed in his confession that he was a witness to the child's abandonment.
He said the investigation of Margriet as a suspect in the child abandonment case was an entry point for the police to investigate the possibility that she was involved in Engeline's murder.
Engeline was found buried in the backyard of Margret's house on Jl. Sedap Malam in Denpasar on June 10 after she reportedly went missing on May 16. (rms)(++++)
How the case unraveled
May 16, 2015: Engeline's adoptive mother Margriet 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: Engeline's family creates a Facebook fanpage 'Find Angeline-Bali's Missing Child'.
May 18: Police question several witnesses to locate Engeline and track down Engeline's biological mother, Hamidah.
May 24: The National Commission on Child Protection (Komnas PA) visit Engeline's house and meet Margriet.
May 25: Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie forms a team to find Engeline.
May 26: Bali Police investigators quiz Margriet.
June 1: Officers from the Denpasar branch of the Community Services Center for the Protection of Women and Children (P2TP2A) visit Engeline's house, but Margriet refuses to meet them.
June 2: Police search the house but find no signs of Engeline.
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 Engeline's house.
June 5: Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi pays a visit to Engeline'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 Engeline's house but fails to meet any of the family members.
June 10: Police unearth the decomposing remains of Engeline with her doll, wrapped in a bed cover. The body was buried under a heap of trash between banana trees next to chicken cages. An autopsy on Engeline's body finds 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.
June 11: The Police arrest, Agustinus 'Agus' Tai Hamdamai, who confesses to committing acts of violence against Engeline leading to her death.
