Ahmad Suradji

Ahmad Suradji (12 December 1952 – 10 July 2008), also known as Nasib Kelewang and Datuk Maringgi, was an Indonesian serial killer who admitted to murdering 42 girls and women between 1986 and 1997. Suradji's victims, ranging in age between 11 and 30, were strangled after being buried in the ground up to their waists as part of a ritual.[1] He buried his victims in a sugarcane plantation near his home, with their heads facing his house, which he believed would give him extra power.[2]

Ahmad Suradji
Born(1952-12-12)12 December 1952
Medan, Indonesia
Died10 July 2008(2008-07-10) (aged 55)
Cause of deathExecuted by firing squad
Other namesDukun AS
Nasib Kelewang
Datuk Maringgi
The Sorcerer
Spouse(s)3 (Tumini)
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Victims42 confirmed
Span of crimes
1986–1997
CountryIndonesia
Date apprehended
30 April 1997

Background

Ahmad Suradji lived in Medan, the capital of Indonesia's North Sumatra province. He worked as a cattle-breeder and as a dukun, a class of shaman reputed to possess supernatural powers. Suradji's clientele were often women seeking his guidance on how to find good fortune or maintain their beauty. According to Suradji, his deceased father visited him in a dream in 1986 and commanded him to murder 70 women as part of a black magic ritual.

Death

His three wives, who were sisters, were also arrested for assisting in the murders and helping him hide the bodies. One of his wives, Tumini, was tried as his accomplice and was sentenced to death before it was reduced to life imprisonment.[3][1] He was sentenced to death by firing squad and executed on 10 July 2008.[3]

Murders

On 24 April 1997, 21-year-old Sri Kemala Dewi asked a 15-year-old rickshaw puller named Andreas to take her to "Datuk". She informed him to keep it a secret and never requested to be picked up.[1] Three days later, Dewi's naked and decomposing body was found in a sugarcane field by a man and was later dug up by a group of people who then called the police.[1] Andreas reported to the police and Dewi's family that he had dropped her off at Suradji's house three days earlier, and so police visited Suradji for confrontation.[1] Although he denied any links with Dewi's killing, police found Dewi's handbag, dress and bracelet in his home. He was later arrested on 30 April 1997.[1] During interrogation, Suradji slowly confessed to Dewi's murder but also revealed that he had killed up to 42 girls in the same fashion and an excavation process had to be carried out in the sugarcane field where Dewi's body was located.[1] Throughout the process, 42 bodies had been found with some being so decomposed to the point where they were unidentifiable.[1]

He told police that he had a dream in 1986 in which his father's ghost directed him to drink the saliva of 70 dead young women so that he could become a mystic healer.[2][1] Suradji thought that it would take him too long to encounter 70 dead women singly and so he took up the initiative to kill.[1] As a sorcerer, or dukun, women came to him for spiritual advice for such things like making themselves more beautiful or richer or so Suradji could cast a spell on their spouses so they'll never have an affair.[3][1] He would take them into a sugarcane field and bury them up to their waist, claiming it was part of the ritual.[2] He would then strangle them until they were dead and proceed to drink their saliva. After, he would strip the clothes from their bodies to accelerate decomposition and bury them back into the ground with their heads pointing toward his house.[1] Suradji stated the following to the police:

My father did not specifically advise me to kill people. So I was thinking, it would take ages if I have to wait to get seventy women. I was trying to get to it as fast as possible, I took my own initiative to kill.[1]

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References
  1. "Ahmad Suradji: Indonesia's Sorcerer From Hell". Mediacorp Channel 5. 2014. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. "Black Magic Killer executed for 42 murders". The Daily Telegraph. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. "Shaman murdered 42 women and girls in a bid to enhance his magical powers". Daily Mail. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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