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This case achieved notoriety throughout Indonesia due
to the gruesome nature of the murders. The body of one of the victims
was found at the side of the road in Jakarta cut up into seven pieces
and was skewered with a crowbar. Verry buried his victims' bodies in the
backyard of his home in Jombang Regency in East Java.
After his arrest, he became known as the "singing
serial killer" after entertaining the court officers, fellow inmates and
media audience in his jail cell by singing a song from his upcoming
album.
In February 2009, Verry released an autobiography
titled The Untold Story of Ryan. In the autobiography, Verry
indicated that he was formerly a Koran recital teacher and later became
a male model.
Verry is openly homosexual and he confessed that most
of his victims were also homosexual men. Verry admitted to killing one
of his victims after the victim offered him money and a car to have sex
with his boyfriend. However, in October 2010, he announced that he was
planning to marry a female convicted drug dealer, Eny Wijaya, whom he
had met in 2008 when they were both detained at the Jakarta Police
Narcotics Detention Center. Eny Wijaya has released from Pondok Bambu
Penitentiary around September 2010. One of his reasons for marrying Eny
Wijaya despite him being homosexual is to fulfill his mother's wish that
he be married to a woman.