Overview

• Forensic doctors performed the autopsy on September 4 at the Bhayangkara police hospital in Mataram, with results expected within about two weeks.
• A police communiqué states the body was moved from her hotel bungalow to a generator room for four days, then to the rear of the hotel, later to a vacant lot, and finally buried on a Senggigi beach on August 24.
• Two men detained on August 30—one hotel employee and one former employee—are accused of premeditated murder and robbery, with one suspect confessing and describing the movements of the corpse.
• Investigators say they traced the suspects through the victim’s mobile-phone geolocation with assistance from Interpol and Jakarta police, and they recovered some belongings including 3 million rupiah in stolen cash.
• Police expect to use up to the maximum 60 days to finalize the case file for prosecutors, while sources close to the family report an intention to cremate the body in Lombok, which would preclude a second autopsy in Spain.