The police have finally named a suspect in the gruesome murder of 13-year-old Putri in Ciledug on June 7: her brother Rizki.
17-year-old Rizki admitted to investigators that he killed his sister after a large, bald genie made him do it.
“It was like this. He (Rizki) had just come home from the mosque and thought the house was empty. In the house there was only the victim P (Putri). When he entered the house, he saw P had just come out of the bathroom draped in a towel. At that time, according to him, the devil (genie) whispered, ‘now is the time to kill your little sister. If you don’t kill your sister, you will be killed, and your family will also be killed,’” said Sutarmo, head of the Crime Investigation Unit at the Tangerang Police, as quoted by Vivanews yesterday.
Rizki then grabbed a knife and attacked his sister with it. Putri tried to defend herself but was powerless to stop Rizki’s attack.
After several stabbings, Putri fell on the floor. It was then that Rizki brutally near-decapitated his own sister with the knife.
Rizki then claimed that the genie made him stab himself, which he duly did by stabbing himself a few times, including in the right side of his neck.
After stabbing himself, Rizki cried out for help to pass himself off as another victim. Putri was taken away for an autopsy while Rizki was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Until this weekend, Rizki didn’t admit to his crime and claimed that the attack was carried out by a stranger. But he eventually admitted to his crime after the police released their findings of the investigation that suggested Rizki was the only one who could’ve murdered his sister, which included traces of his DNA on the murder weapon.
Rizki could face up to 15 years in prison for murder and violating Child Protection laws. But with his own supernatural account of the murder, there might be a possibility that Rizki will plead insanity.
