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Police arrest man for alleged mutilation of pregnant partner
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Kusmayadi, (second left) weeps as he is arrested in Surabaya on Wednesday. The man, accused of killing and mutilating his pregnant partner, has been at large since parts of her body were found on April 10. (Warta Kota via tribunnews.com/Bintang Pradewo )
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fter a over a week of searching, police finally arrested on Wednesday a man accused of murdering and mutilating his pregnant partner.
“He is being intensively interrogated,” said head of Jakarta Police general crimes division Sr. Comr. Krishna Murti in Jakarta on Thursday.
The man, Kusmayadi, aka Agus, was arrested at a restaurant on Jl. Masrip in the East Java capital of Surabaya by Tangerang Police officers. Before the arrest, the police had been hunting for Agus in Lampung in South Sumatra, and in Bogor, West Java, at the house of his wife.
Before the arrest, Police spread photographs of Kusmayadi using social media. He has been at large since NA, his victim, was killed on April 10.
Agus is accused of killing NA and mutilating her body. Parts of the victim's body were found at a rented house in Cikupa in Tangerang regency, Banten. Before her body was found, neighbors had heard quarrels between Agus and NA. (bbn)
