STALKERS

7. CCTV

“This is the stature of the perpetrator, his clothes are just like someone sneaking into our house. But, his stature is higher than before.” said Arga. He squinted, watching the computer screen that showed the state of the school yard last night.

Now, the couple is checking the CCTV of the front yard of the school. However, they could not access the CCTV inside the school. Guards in the room said all of the damaged computers were hit by mineral water. Zevanya theorized that the perpetrator deliberately damaged it, so that the male evil actions were not recorded by CCTV. Fortunately, they found a camera that recorded the perpetrator's actions.

“What was the reason they killed Cindy and the girl I saw back then?” asked Zevanya who was starting to be curious.

“Nafsu. Usually these stalkers only target virgin girls for sexual harassment, after which kill them to dispel the evidence. Those who do so are driven from their lust. For them kill like their daily food intake.” explains Arga.

“Why do you know so much about stalker?”

“They are fugitives since 2019, there have been some perpetrators caught. But, they don't want to confess.”

Zevanya opened the camera she found at the scene, playing back the video footage. He zoomed in, seeing Cindy's face covered in blood as she cried under the man's cage. No tears fell down her cheeks.

Arga reached out, covering Zevanya's eyes that were still focused on the camera screen. His palms were warm, like water was washing them. He took the camera from his wife's hand.

“Crying doesn't change anything.” says Arga. His wife gasped at the man's words. Arga's words have a point. Free crying can't bring Cindy back to life, which there's just a waste of tears.

The zevanya slammed Arga's wrist. “Why did he have to kill Cindy? Why not me?!”

“Maybe the perpetrator has planned all this.”

“But, yes, talking about secret fans. I have a secret chat.”

At first glance, Zevanya remembered her chat and Cindy at lunch in the school cafeteria yesterday. Cindy said she had a boyfriend, and the man often sent her anything without being asked. Zevanya seized the camera, re-examining the video footage. Then, speed up the duration to 39.45 seconds. The man removed the mouth mask, his face exposed so accidentally facing the camera.

“This is exactly what I saw on Cindy's phone!” Zevanya showed the camera screen to the front of Arga's face.

“You sure?” ask Arga. The girl nodded as she wiped her already dried tears.

After that, Arga's phone placed in his pants pocket rang. There was an incoming call from the hospital, one of the nurses there told that Cindy's body was missing when she wanted to be buried. The autopsy results that were ready also disappeared simultaneously.

“What's up?”

“Cindy's body is missing.”

This time it was Zevanya's phone that sounded. The unknown number contacted Zevanya again, not knowing who the person behind the number was. “Stranquil, you will not be alone in the afterlife. I will also send you and temen lo there.” Zevanya did not reply, but rather deleted the message.

“Do not ever serve a stalker. Danger, your life could be threatened.” said Arga. The girl just nodded her husband's words. “I have to go to the hospital to check the CCTV there.”

“Kalo any developments tell me.” Arga looked at Zevanya for a moment, before leaving the security room.

****

“What are the characteristics of perpetrators who kidnap the bodies of patients like this?”

The nurse entered the mortuary with Arga, checking the name tag at the foot of each corpse. There's no one named Cindy. It could be that the perpetrator disguised as a nurse in order to gain access to the room without suspicion. Indeed it is common for criminals, usually they kidnap the corpse to remove fingerprints.

“How about the CCTV?” Arga asked again.

“Still working, let me inter.”

They walked to the surveillance room. There were several guards sitting on chairs, staring at the computer screen connected to each CCTV. Arga asked the guards for permission to check the security of the CCTV that recorded the situation last night. A computer screen showed a nurse entering the mortuary, then exiting again while dragging the gurney.

“Pause.” pinto Arga. He turned his head to look at the computer screen. “Zoom.”

The guard zoomed in on the screen, revealing a name tag on the legs of the corpse named Cindy Pratiwi. Although it is a bit blurry, it can still be seen. It's not wrong that the nurse kidnapped Cindy's body, it's impossible to return her because the girl's parents are abroad.

Arga turned to look at the nurse. “Is it true that no nurse returned the body named Cindy?”

“Neither, I've asked another nurse.”

“OK, I request this CCTV footage.”

*****

School hours are over, students and students flocked out of the Dirgantara High School building. While Zevanya is still in the TKP with Gavin. He was given a picket class assignment by a criminology teacher to clean up the mess that happened last night. The girl mopped the floor using a super mop to remove the smell of carnation.

Gavin smashed a balloon floating in the air near the board. On the blackboard there was also a splash of blood that had dried, then he wiped the green blackboard with a wet cloth.

Gavin thought for a moment. Then, a grinning smile glanced at Zevanya who lined the tables and chairs to where they were. “Lo home with whom later?”

“Same ... My cousin! Yes, cousin.” Zevanya cengenesan answered the question.

“Oh, cousin.”

Tables and chairs are lined up neatly, the whiteboard is also clean as well as the window glass. His zevanya carried his backpack to his shoulder, while pulling his phone out of his pocket. One illegible message from detective Arga. She did not change her husband's contact name because she was lazy to change it.

“I'm already in front of the building.”

Seeing the message, Zevanya walks out of class without saying goodbye to Gavin who sits at the front desk. In the doorway the girl stopped her footsteps and turned around. “Sorry, I forgot if there are lo. I'm first, yes.”

After saying good-bye, Zevanya again continued the steps towards the school corridor. Gavin quietly followed behind, making sure the girl left. Zevanya looks to have entered his car. Gavin went back inside, climbing the stairs to the fourth floor.

Gavin entered the corner of the room. The man took off his glasses, threw them in any direction. Then, he walked towards Mading who was stuck on the wall near the blackboard. He took out a polaroid photo of the face of a long-brown girl and attached it to the Mading using a pentule needle.

“The real game just started.” Gavin smiled with the tip of his lips raised.

To be continued.