Very Idham Henyansyah

{{short description|Indonesian serial killer}}

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{{Infobox serial killer

| name = Very Idham Henyansyah

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| alias = Ryan
Singing serial killer
The butcher of Jombang

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| birth_place = Jombang, Indonesia

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| victims = 11

| country = Indonesia

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| beginyear = 2006

| endyear = 2008

| apprehended = 15 July 2008

| conviction = Murder

| sentence = Death

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Very Idham Henyansyah, also known as Ryan, is an Indonesian convicted serial killer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/gay-indonesian-serial-killer-to-marry-female-drug-dealer/401646|publisher=Jakarta Globe|date=October 15, 2010|title=Gay Indonesian Serial Killer to Marry Female Drug Dealer|access-date=2011-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018062919/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/gay-indonesian-serial-killer-to-marry-female-drug-dealer/401646|archive-date=October 18, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Henyansyah confessed to killing 11 people and was sentenced to death by the Indonesian criminal court after being arrested in 2008. He is awaiting execution at Kesambi Penitentiary in Cirebon.

Henyansyah's case achieved notoriety throughout Indonesia due to the gruesome nature of the murders. Known for his uncontrollable temper, Ryan killed a mother and her child by bashing their heads with a metal bar after they had angered him. The body of one victim was found on a roadside in Jakarta, dismembered into seven pieces{{Cite news|publisher=Herald Sun|date=March 31, 2009|access-date=2011-01-10|title=Singing serial killer Very Idham Henyansyah releases album |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/singing-serial-killer-releases-album/story-e6frf7jx-1225697262581}} and skewered with a crowbar. Henyansyah buried his other victims' bodies in the backyard of his home in Jombang Regency, East Java.{{Cite news|publisher=Antara News|title=Five more bodies found buried in serial killer's yard|date=July 28, 2008|access-date=2011-01-15|url=http://www.johndouglasmindhunter.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=49894|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719014144/http://www.johndouglasmindhunter.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=49894|archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

After his arrest, Henyansyah became known as the "singing serial killer", as he entertained court officers, fellow inmates, and the media from his jail cell by singing a song from his upcoming album.{{Cite news|publisher=ABC News|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/24/2525127.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327045456/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/24/2525127.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2009|title=Indonesia seeks death for singing serial killer|date=March 24, 2009|access-date=2011-01-10}}

In February 2009, Henyansyah released an autobiography titled The Untold Story of Ryan. In the book, Henyansyah detailed he was once a Qur'an recitation teacher and later a male model.

Henyansyah is openly homosexual and has confessed that all but three of his victims were also homosexual men. He admitted to killing a victim who had offered him money and a car to have sex with his boyfriend. In October 2010, Henyansyah announced that he was planning to marry a convicted female drug dealer, Eny Wijaya, whom he had met in 2008 when they were both detained at the Jakarta Police Narcotics Detention Center. Wijaya was later released from Pondok Bambu in around September 2010. One of his stated reasons for marrying Wijaya despite his homosexuality is to grant his mother's wish that he be wed to a woman.

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