With updates amounting to little more than hearsay and inconsistent stories of eight-year-old Engeline’s murder investigation, Bali Police are casting a wider net and reportedly taking blood from some key people connected to Engeline.
Glad this is just now happening weeks after the poor little girl was found dead, buried in her backyard on June 10 after going missing for several weeks from May 16.
Police say they are taking fingerprints and blood samples from anyone who had association or possible association with Engeline, or met the victim in the house of her adopted mother. This is to be used as a basis to match suspects with what was found at the crime scene, Bali Police Chief Ronny Sompie said on Thursday, as quoted by Kompas.
On Thursday, blood samples were planned to be taken from Engeline’s adoptive sister, Yvone, according to Kompas.
And police have also declared plans to take samples from Engeline’s other adoptive sister, Christina, according to Tribun Bali.
To date, police have set the adopted family’s former housekeeper Agus as a suspect of child abuse, while the girl’s adoptive mother Margriet has become a suspect of child neglect.
