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Pregnant housemaid murdered in Depok
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Police officers conduct a crime scene investigation at a house in Depok, where pregnant domestic worker Samsiah was found dead on Sunday night. (kompas.com/ Iwan Supriyatna)
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olice have arrested the alleged killer of a pregnant domestic worker, identified as Samsiah, 40, who was found dead at her employer’s house at the Pesona Mungil II housing complex in Depok, West Java on Sunday night.
“We arrested him in Pasar Minggu [in South Jakarta],”Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said as quoted by kompas.com on Tuesday, adding that the alleged perpetrator was a 22-year-old man.
The home was empty when the body was found, as her employers had been away since Saturday, Depok Police crime unit chief Comr. Putu Kholis Aryana said.
A post mortem examination of her body revealed that Samsiah suffered stab wounds and strangle marks to her neck. A team of doctors at the National Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, confirmed the cause of death was blunt object trauma, which broke her neck.
Police alleged Samsiah was killed because of a personal dispute. The perpetrator only took the victim's phones and some cash before leaving.
Putu said her team found a pair of scissors, which the perpetrator used as the murder weapon at the scene. (yon)
