Daughter arrested after missing mother found dead – SAPS Crime Report: 2021-10-29 12:00:21

South African Police Service

Office of the Provincial Commissioner Free State

KROONSTAD – An 18-year-old daughter, who reported her mother as a missing person, was arrested after the mother was found dead near R721 Kroonstad/Vredefort road on Sunday, 24 October 2021. The daughter was arrested on Wednesday, 27 October 2021.

Her arrest emanated from an inquest docket, which was opened following the discovery of the body of her 46-year-old mother. Her decomposed body could not yet be identified at the time of discovery, and was taken to the State mortuary where the family later assisted with identification thereof.

Subsequently, investigation linked the deceased to the reported missing person file that was reported by her 18-year-old daughter on Tuesday, 19 October 2021. She alleged that she last saw her mother alive on Thursday 14 October 2021. A post mortem was conducted as part of ongoing investigation and determined the cause of death as strangulation.

The inquest docket changed to a murder case. It was later found out that the daughter is implicated according to the evidence obtained at her residence in Brentpark, Kroonstad during investigation. She was arrested on Wednesday, 27 October 2021.  On the same day, investigation led the members to her 19-year-old boyfriend, residing at Morewag in Kroonstad.  It is suspected that he was also involved in this case.

This boyfriend and girlfriend, aged 18 and 19 years respectively, will appear at Kroonstad Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 29 October 2021 facing a charge of murder.

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