05 Aug 2020

Thamaga police are looking for a 35-year-old man who is suspected to have murdered his 44-year-old lover at Gakgatla village near Thamaga.

Thamaga Station Commander Superintendent Moses Kwarare told BOPA in an interview that they had not yet been able to make a breakthrough in the case as the suspect could not be located.

The perpetrator was suspected to have murdered the 44-year-old lover of Gakgatla village, whose decomposed body was found under the bed at her home in Gakgatla on July 13.

Supt Kwarare said they were working round the clock with two search teams on the ground established to locate the suspect.

It is alleged that the boyfriend who was cohabiting with the girlfriend, allegedly took the deceased children to their grandparent’s place on the pretext that their mother had gone to seek medical assistance in Molepolole before he disappeared. 

The corpse, Superintendent Kwarare related, was discovered by one of the woman’s siblings after being alerted by the stench coming from the deceased’s house.

Thamaga Station commander appealed to members of the public to help with information that could lead to the arrest of the suspect.

Meanwhile Molepolole Station Commander Superintendent Motlhaba Ramaabywa said, a man from Pheroge lands near Mahetlwe village, suspected to have unlawfully wounded his 20-year-old girlfriend would be arraigned before Molepolole magistrate court on Thursday (August 06).

The 32-year-old man is a suspect in the incident in which his girlfriend also of Pheroge lands sustained multiple stab wounds all over the body. 

The suspect allegedly disappeared into the nearby bush leaving the victim bleeding profusely.

The man was later apprehended by the victim’s father through help of the public and was handed over to the police.

The victim is reportedly nursing multiple stab wounds and is said to be out of danger. Ends