Baekuni
| Baekuni | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1961 Indonesia |
| Other names | Babe |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4-14 |
Span of crimes | 1993–2010 |
| Country | Indonesia |
Date apprehended | January 8, 2010 |
Baekuni (born 1961), also known as Babe, is an Indonesian serial killer who mutilated and sexually abused several boys.
Life
Baekuni was reviled as a "fool" when he was a child, because he often did not go to class. Unable to bear the insults, he, the son of a poor farmer in Magelang, Central Java, left school and fled to Jakarta.
Baekuni lived in Banteng Square, until one day he was forcefully sodomized by a thug. These bitter memories made this homosexual man suffer from pedophilia in addition with situational necrophilia.[1]
Murders
Babe sodomized street children since 1993 between the vulnerable ages between 4 and 14 years of age. Baekuni was arrested at his residence at the Gang Haji Dalim Mosque in East Jakarta on January 9, 2010, after a complaint from one of the victims' parents, a 9-year-old victim named Ardiansyah, who disappeared. His mutilated body was found on January 8, 2010 and his head was found a day later.[2]
Trial
Baekuni was sentenced to life imprisonment on October 6, 2010 by an East Jakarta District Court judge. Babe then appealed to the Jakarta High Court, and they sentenced him to death. His lawyers then appealed the High Court's decision.[3] The Supreme Court rejected Baekuni's appeal and continued to state that he was guilty of killing 14 boys and mutilating 4 of them.