The gravestone stands at the head of the burial site. But unlike the others at the public cemetery, this gravestone is nameless. It bears only this curious inscription: "The Late Case at Mile 62-63." The grave lies on the roadside of the public cemetery of Timika Jaya village, in Timika Regency, Papua.

At the burial ceremony in early September, the presiding priest was at a loss as to how to refer to the corpse in his prayer. Dep