Sophia Raharja, an 84-year-old woman, was found dead, her hands and feet bound, yesterday morning in her house in Tambora, West Jakarta.
Now police officers have arrested four suspects for Sophia’s robbery and murder, including the victim’s maid.
The police said the suspects were arrested one by one, starting last night until early this morning, in Tangerang and Tambora, West Jakarta. One of the alleged perpetrators of the heinous crime was Sophia’s own maid, a 34-year-old woman named Nurjanah
“The culprits were found after we interrogated Nurjanah. Irregularities that we encountered at the scene led us to conclude that Nurjanah participated, “said Tambora Police Chief Commissioner Dedy Tabarani, as reported on official website of the Jakarta Police on today.
The police said Nurjanah planned the robbery with her 32-year-old boyfriend, Alfis Ferry Kapsari, who has also been arrested.
Dedy said that Nurjanah confessed to planning the robbery but did not want her employer to be killed. But somehow things went bad and Sophia, who was confined to her bed due to illness, was murdered by Alfis and another suspect, Sudikul Amin. In the end, the robbers made off with Rp 7 million.
