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Teen suspect killed 6-year-old girl over parents' quarrel: Police
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A Bogor Police officer carries out a crime site investigation in a yard in Kampung Tarkolot, Cibinong district, Bogor regency, West Java, where the body of a six year-old girl was found wrapped inside a sack on Tuesday. (Courtesy of the Bogor Police/File)
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he Bogor Police have found that the alleged killer of 6-year-old Grace Gabriella Bimusu, identified only as R, 15, killed the victim over a grudge held against Grace’s parents.
Grace’s body was found at a banana plantation in Bogor Asri Residential Complex, Nanggewer, Cibinong, Bogor, West Java on May 1.
“According to the autopsy, Grace Gabriella Bimusu died of asphyxiation,” Bogor Police criminal investigation director Adj.Sr.Comr. Bimantoro Kurniawan said on Friday.
He said that R, who had just finished junior high school, told the police he had killed Grace at the victim's house by smothering her. At the time, the suspect was alone, his father was working while his mother was taking his younger sibling to school, Bimantoro added.
He said the suspect put Grace’s body into a sack and dumped the sack at the banana plantation sometime between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on April 30. Local residents found Grace's body the next day at around 1:50 a.m.
The suspect and the victim lived in the same neighborhood at Bogor Asri Residential Complex, Block K3, Nanggewer, Cibinong, Bogor.
Bimantoro said R was angry that Grace's mother had cursed at the suspect's parents, so he targeted Grace for revenge.
The police have also detained the suspect’s parents for questioning, and the suspect's entire family has been taken to the Bogor Police Headquarters as a security measure.
The police have confiscated one plastic sack, a pair of earrings, a sleeveless shirt, an undershirt, a skirt, a piece of cloth, a bag filled with toy money and a pair of sandals.
The suspect has been charged under articles 340 and 338 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) on premeditated murder as well as Article 80 of Law No. 35/2015 on child protection, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. (ami)
