Murder of Ita Martadinata Haryono

18-year-old Martadinata Haryono who went by Ita was in her senior year. She was a member of Volunteers for Humanity. The group was helping rape victims of the brutal May of 1998 riots. On October 6, 1998, the group released a press conference bringing light to the mass rapes that occurred during the time. At least 168 women were raped and around 20 had died from injuries from the rape or suicide.

Because of the press conference, many members of Volunteers for Humanity received death threats. The threats were in an attempt to stop the group from getting an international investigation to happen on the rapes and the burning of Indonesian girls and women.

On October 9, 1998, she was found dead in her bedroom in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. She was stabbed around 10 times in her stomach, chest and right arm and her arm was slashed. It was unknown if she was sexually assaulted as reports hinted at it, but it was never confirmed with Law Enforcement.

The group took this as a warning from the killers. They were planning to fly to America with four victims soon to talk in front of the U.S. Congress about what was happening.

Law Enforcement suspects that her death may not have been the result of the death threats the people of the Activist group were getting. It's possible that someone was attempting to rob her home and Ita walked in on them doing so and killed her.

SOURCES:
Human Rights Watch
Revolvy
BBC
Wikipedia