A
tale of teenage love gone awry
Saturday
March 8, 2014
The Jakarta Post
Elizabeth Diana was deeply shocked to learn that
brutal murde of her only child, Ade Sara Angelina Suroto, may have been
commited by her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, who she once regarded as her own son.
The mourning woman, however, said she fully forgave the alleged killer, as well
as his new lover who is suspected of assisteng her boyfriend in the murder of
19-year-old Sara.
Elizabeth said she trusted the police to uphold
justice for her family. According to the police , the suspected murderers could
be facing the death penalty.
Speaking to reporters after her daughter’s funeral
at Pondok Kelapa Cemetery in East Jakatarta on Friday afternoon, 40-year-old
Elizabeth looked strong and offered a spirit of forgiveness to the alleged killers.
“I believe they are good kids. They just could not
control their internal bad sides,” said Elizabeth, regarding the suspected
killers.
Jakarta police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said
that the police had arrested two suspects, identifies as Ahmad Imam Al Hafitd,
19, and his girlfriend Assyifa Ramdhani, also 19. Hafitd, Assyifa and Sara
became friends when they studied
together at a public senior hight school in East Jakarta, from which they
graduated last year.
Rikwanto said that, according to prelimanary
questioning, the police believed the two suspects had commited the murder out
of anger, jealousy and a fear of being abandoned..
Citing investigator, Rikwanto described Hafitd as
Sara’s ex-boyfriend. Hafitd told the police that he was angry and brokenhearted
because Sara had refused to answer his telephone calss or respond to his other
communication effort after their relationshiap broke up last year.
Meanwhile, Hafitd’s, new girlfriends , ‘Assyifa,
confessed that she was jealous because Hafitd was always thinking about Sara
and not about her. She regarded Sara as a major obstacle in her relationship
with Hafitd.
Sara’s body was found
on the side of the West Bekasi toll road on Wednesday morning. She was a
student at Bunda Mulia University in Pademangan, North Jakarta. On Tuesday
evening, she was allegedly picked up by Hafitd and Assyifa from Gondangdia
train station in Central Jakarta. It is believed that Hafitd and Assyfa then
tortured Sara insede a car until she died, the fore dumping her body on the
side of the toll road .... continue
