7 Most Sadistic Serial Killer Cases in Indonesia: Babe Baekuni

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Previously, the www.hukumindo.com platform has talk about "7 Most Sadistic Serial Killer Cases in Indonesia: Ryan Jombang", "How to Open a Police Report in Indonesia?", you may read also "How To Report Online Scammer Or Fraud To The Police In Indonesia" and on this occasion we will discuss about '7 Most Sadistic Serial Killer Cases in Indonesia: Babe Baekuni'. This article still discusses the most sadistic murder cases in Indonesia.

Personal Life

Baekuni (born September 6, 1961) or better known as "Babe" is a suspect in serial killings accompanied by mutilation and sexual abuse of several boys.[1]

Baekuni when he was a child was often reviled as “the fool” because he often missed classes. Unable to bear the humiliation, he, who is the son of a poor farmer in Magelang, Central Java, left school and fled to Jakarta.[2]

Baekuni lives as a vagabond in the Banteng Square until one day he is forcibly sodomized by a thug. These bitter memories made this homosexual man suffer from pedophilia as well as situational necrophilia.[3]

Predator and Serial Killer

A is a busker who usually works on city transportation around Pulo Gadung, A is one of the victims of Baekuni. A apparently isn't Babe's only victim. Supreme Court Decision No. 493 K/PID/2011 even noted that Babe had carried out similar actions since 1993. However, there were also those who said Babe's first victim was a boy named ARS who died in 1998.[4]

ARS is a boy that Babe knows at the Kampung Melayu Terminal. There, Babe invited ARS to come with him to Babe's second wife's hometown in Kuningan, West Java. Arriving at Kuningan, Babe did not immediately take the boy to his wife's house. He invited ARS to play until night at Pasar Kuningan (Kuningan Market). Babe then instead took ARS to the river in Ciwaru. In that place suddenly ARS was drowned in the river to death. After he stopped moving, ARS' body was lifted to be raped, then left just like that on the bank of the river.[5]

In the January 30 2010 edition of Tempo.com, as quoted by Kumparan.com noted that at least 14 children aged six to twelve were killed and had sex with Babe. Four of them were recorded in the Supreme Court decision as victims who were killed and mutilated: A, AD, R, and AAR.[6]

AD is a busking boy who was found by Babe in the Pulogadung Industrial Area in mid-2007. He was invited to play at Babe's rented house, then killed and mutilated because he refused to have sex with him.[7]

The next victim was R, a busker at Jatinegara Station, who was killed and mutilated in January 2008. Five months later, Babe was back in action. This time the victim was AAR, a busker in Pulogadung who often came to stay at Babe's house.[8]

Death Penalty

As a result of his actions, initially Baekuni was given a life sentence on October 6, 2010 by the East Jakarta District Court. He then filed an appeal at the Jakarta High Court and was instead given the death penalty on January 18, 2011. Baekuni's lawyer, Rangga Rikuser, immediately registered a cassation memo with the Supreme Court. However, the Supreme Court rejected Baekuni's appeal because he was found guilty of killing 14 children and mutilating four of them.[9]

Even though the death penalty decision was final since April 2011, until December 2021 Baekuni's execution had not yet been carried out. According to the family's statement, Baekuni is currently still in Cipinang Penitentiary.[10] And if you have any legal issue in Indonesia territory, contact us then, feel free in 24 hour, we will be happy to assist you. 

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References:

1. "Baekuni", www.wikipedia.org., Diakses pada tanggal 15 Juni 2023, Link: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baekuni

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. "Babe Baekuni, Si Predator Serial Anak Jalanan (1)", kumparan.com., Diakses pada tanggal 15 Juni 2023, Link: https://kumparan.com/kumparannews/babe-baekuni-si-predator-serial-anak-jalanan-1-1x2R5h3dvFO/full

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid.

7. Ibid.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.

10. Ibid.