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tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

I was at the 1000 islands on the weekend, and when I turned on the tv for about 5mins.. there was a report about an American EF teacher found dead in his Kost room in Padang...

did anyone else see this story on TV? it was about 11am on Saturday.

The report said that he complained of feeling unwell earlier in the day, and then because no one had seen him for a while, he was found dead in his room. They did report of suspicious looking injury to the back of his head as well. So dont know what really happened. But this is all they said in the report on one of those crime shows

Cardinal Synn · Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 586

And that deserves a smiley at the end? Very tasteful.

The Irwinator · Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 12

Yeah, the use of the smiley emoticon was a little odd.

tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

OMG I'm sorry I didnt even realise till now... I'll delete it. Its just a typing habit of mine for the net.

Sorry !!! It wasnt done intentionally...

The Irwinator · Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 12

I know, I know. I felt that it couldn't possibly be intentional. It was just weird to see.

The Irwinator · Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 12

I know, I know. I felt that it couldn't possibly be intentional. It was just weird to see.

malu · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 1344 Location: Sunny Java

There is a particularly grisly photo of it on the Padang Ekspres website. Suggests the guy was 55yo US citizen fairly recently employed by EF. He was a US Army veteran. His body was found in the EF teachers' house in Padang, which judging by the photo is a fairly austere place to live.

xsbir · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 81 Location: The Big Durian

ezekiel · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 79 Location: Indonesia

Funny, the only reference I can find to such a story in English or Bahasa on the entire net is to your post tanyakenapa..it wasn't in today's local North Sumatera rag, either!!?

tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

This is the story I found... in 2mins... so I dont know why anyone cant find anything Smile

Sabtu,12 Mei 2007
Padang, Singgalang
Clyde Woody, 55 warga negara asing (WNA) asal San Antonio, Texas, Amerika Serikat, Jumat (11/5) sekitar pukul 08.00 WIB ditemukan jadi mayat. Jenazahnya ditemukan sudah membuasuk dalam kondisi telanjang di rumah kontrakannya Jalan HOS Cokroaminoto No. 102 Padang.

Dengan meninggalnya Clyde Woody, bertambah lagi WNA yang mati di Sumbar. Sebelumnya, Che Azhari, 40, WNA asal Pahang, Malaysia, juga ditemukan jadi mayat di kamar salah satu hotel berbintang di Padang.

Korban yang baru tiga bulan berada di Kota Padang ini ditemukan pertamakali oleh Munajab, 19. Munajab yang bekerja sebagai office boy di English First (EF) menemukan Clyde Woody tergeletak di lantai kamarnya.

Saat ditemukan, kondisi tubuh salah seorang tenaga pengajar di EF tersebut mengenaskan. Badan dan kedua kakinya terlihat bengkak dan melepuh. Diduga korban meninggal akibat penyakit hepatitis yang sudah lama dideritanya.

�Sekitar pukul 21.30 WIB tadi malam, saya masih melihat dia tidur dengan pulasnya. Bahkan ketika tidur ia juga mendengkur,� kata Munajab.

Di dalam rumah kontrakan dua tingkat itu, juga tinggal rekan korban sesama warga Amerika Serikat, Kenny Long, 50. Menurut Kenny, korban memang sudah lama menderita hepatitis.

Namun ketika temannya itu sampai di Kota Padang dari Amerika, obatnya hilang bersama tas ranselnya di Bandara Singapura. Kemu�dian ia memberitahukan kakaknya yang berada di Amerika untuk mengirimkan obat.

Setelah ditunggu beberapa lama, obat tersebut tidak kunjung datang. Korban selama menunggu kedatangan obatnya, tidak pernah memeriksakan penyakitnya itu ke dokter di Padang.

Mayat Clyde kemudian dibawa ke RS Dr M Djamil Padang untuk dio�topsi, selanjutnya dibawa ke Bandara Internasional Minangkabau untuk diterbangkan ke negara asalnya.

Kasat Reskrim Poltabes Padang, Kompol Mukti Juharsa yang turun ke tempat kejadian perkara (TKP) bersama Kapolsekta Padang Barat AKP Reza Pahlevi mengatakan, dugaan sementara korban menderita penya�kit hepatitis.

�Dari hasil pemeriksaan, tidak ditemukan tanda-tanda penga�niayaan,� jelas Mukti.

tanyakenapa · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 180 Location: Batavia

Quick translation .. Smile

Clyde Woody, 55 was found dead on friday in his Kost room in Padang by the EF office boy. Who said earlier in the night, the guy was still to be heard snoring...

He was a long time sufferer of Hepatitis... and apparently had lost his backpack at Singapore airport which contained his medication.

He had contacted his brother back in Texas to send some more medication but it never arrived...and he had also never been to a check up to a doctor in Padang.

His body was taken to the nearest hospital for an autopsy then will be flown back to the USA.

Police who checked the crime scene said that no foul play looked to be involved... Smile

Cardinal Synn · Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 586

Those smileys are a compulsion aren't they?

toddumptious · Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 7

Arrrgh! I lived in that house and didn't even know about that!

Gajah Oling · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 62 Location: Jawa

This is an old story (look at the date). I think if you search this site you'll find more information. He had Hepatitis, forgot to bring his meds and never got them in time as I recall.