DEAD EYES ARA
Episode 18's
At 7 a.m., Cyril was ready to head to the office. This is his first day of work. He casually drove the car out of the yard of the rented house. The mood was pretty good this morning. Sometimes he hummed following the song. The road is starting to get crowded. Almost 1 hour before the young man finally arrived at the company where he worked. One of the newspaper printing companies whose name is already famous throughout Bandung Raya. Not without reason Cyril works here. One of his best friends who works as a journalist recommended this job. And on the recommendation of his best friend, he can be accepted to work.
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"Cyrill!" A young man, Cyril, called out and approached him. They shake hands and pat each other on the shoulder.
"Welcome yes, I still do not expect, you want to also work here" exclaimed the young man named Galih with a smile.
"Thank you Galih. I tried to work here first. Finding a job today is not easy"
The two young men laughed together and stepped towards the elevator. They went to see Mr. Dadang as the newspaper leader. It turns out that Cyril was assigned to the field as a journalist. The thing that made the young man frown, was that he had absolutely no experience or even a view of how a journalist should be. But Mr. Dadang convinced him. There is nothing that cannot be learned, but a choice whether or not to. A little forced, Cyril undertakes. And as a first step, he will be guided by Galih.
Galih is a journalist for criminal news. The young man has been in this profession for a long time. This makes him have a good relationship. From the start of the police, doctors, street youths, thugs, even fellow journalists. Galih will teach Cyril how to search for news, follow the investigation, until finally make a writing that is then published in the newspaper where they work.
"Wait on! It was Galih's sudden exclaim that shocked Cyril. The young man looked at Galih who was observing his appearance from top to bottom.
"Your first task today is to change clothes" said Galih, which astonished Cyril.
"We're fieldwork bro. Cloth pants, shirts and pantopel ga fit"
Cyril nodded in understanding.
"Yaudah, to my house first, that's our new brother to the field" he said.
"OKAY. We'll just use my bike. Later on the road if you use your car. Tau itself right, the streets of Bandung now jam rich how. Can miss the news later" Galih said as he walked towards the motor park. Not long after, Cyril followed him from behind.
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"The case I'm handling is a new case. The death of a man found hanging" Galih explained. The two young men were still in Cyril's house.
"Killed yourself?" Cyril asked. The young man felt his blood start racing and his heart thump. A death that leaves a mystery always leaves people wondering.
"Not yet, still under police investigation"
Galih then opened his bag and took out some photos from inside the notebook.
"This is the condition of the body when it was found. Residents found him and immediately reported to the police. I was at the police station then, so I could quickly come to the location"
Cyril looked at some of the photos Galih had given him. At first glance, it seems natural as a case of suicide. I don't know why his heart said no.
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Two cups of coffee were in front of Cyril and Galih. Not long after, a man approached them.
"The world can sometimes be narrow." a man in his 30s. Cyril recognized the man as an investigator on his grandmother's death. Yandri.
"How are you?" The man took a sitting position in front of the two young men. Both smiling.
"Good news sir, are you healthy?" Ask Cyril. Next to him was ordinary. The young man had been able to deduce that these two people already knew each other. He suspected because of the death of Seruni who was none other than Cyril's biological grandmother.
"Alhamdulillah be healthy." replied Yandri. The man opened his bag and took out a notebook. In short, he explained about the victim.
"The victim was Jamal, 49 years old. When it was first discovered by its neighbors, it was already in a lifeless state. Her body was hanging on one of the roof logs in the kitchen" Yandri showed a photo.
"Autopsy results showed the victim's death was caused due to lack of oxygen and a neck fracture. Typical signs for a suicide case"
Cyril looked at the photo in front of him, within seconds he had encountered an awkwardness. Yandri who caught Cyril's expression just chuckled.
"As Galih thought before, I think your thoughts are the same as Cyril's"
Cyril nodded in confirming. The photo shows Jamal's body hanging. With a bench fell not far from his feet. At first glance there is no strangeness from the photo of TKP or the Place of the Case. But if you pay attention more carefully by looking at the height of the bench, it will look awkward. The height of the bench is too low to support the victim's legs, if indeed he intends to commit suicide. Typically, the victim would climb up the chair, adjusting the height with a rope wrapped around his neck. However, when the position of the victim depends and the chair is placed under it, there is a distance of about 60cm. Yes, the victim's leg didn't tread on the support seat. This initially suspected case of suicide slowly begins to lead to premeditated murder.
For nearly an hour, Yandri, Galih and Cyril talked about the case. Yandri as the authorities cannot just divulge the results of the investigation to other parties. They only discuss the initial discovery of the victim, because at that time Galih was there. After spending a bunch of cigarettes and a glass of coffee, Yandri took a break from both.
The two young men did not immediately move to their place. Galih begins to open up what he has been investigating to Cyril.
"The victim is known to live alone. She is widowed without children, divorced 3 years ago. His ex-wife lives in another city. In addition, the private victims who are closed make it not close to anyone" explained Galih.
"It's very difficult to trace the people closest to the victim to start asking questions. Even the neighbors did not interact much with the victim. I've been investigating his ex-wife. It turned out that at the time of the incident, the woman was again working at the krupuk manufacturing site. His own boss who testified that the woman worked there every day, never even permission. Obviously, his ex-wife had an alibi at the time"
"How do you want to go now?" Cyril looked at Galih
"We went back to TKP aja yuk, but once something was missed. We asked the neighbors around. Mr. Yandri will not be that easy to know us, until the results of the research. Let's find out for ourselves. The news of this will boom" Galih jitters while tidying up his notes, putting them back in his bag and heading to the shop owner to pay.
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It was almost 9pm when Cyril laid her body on the bed. He had just returned home after previously visiting the victim's CPI. There was something that went out of place, but no matter what, he did not understand. From his chat with neighbors around the victim, Cyril concluded that the victim did not have good social relations with people around. There were hardly any people close to the victim. No one is thought to have the motive to eliminate the man. Inevitably, Cyril's brain again thinks about the people closest to the victim. The young man fell asleep without changing his clothes.
