A 69-year-old woman was found murdered in her Thornhill Estate home in Modderfontein on Wednesday afternoon.
Constable Sharon Tsotsotso of Sebenza SAPS told the NEWS the woman was allegedly killed by a contractor installing cupboards in her home.
The woman was tied up, strangled and her wrists cut.
Cst Tsotsotso said the woman’s daughter became worried when she could not get hold of her mother when she phoned her mom.
“She decided to drive to her mother’s house to check on her. When she arrived, her car was not there and she assumed her mother was not home. When she returned later she became suspicious when she saw people waiting for her mother outside and called security.”
Cst Tsotsotso said the police received a call from the the security of the estate that there was a problem at the estate. When the police arrived, the security broke into the woman’s home. On entering the house they discovered the woman’s body.
Cst Tsotsotso said Sebenza SAPS detectives followed up on information from a gardener working at the estate.
The information led officers to a man in Tsakane.
When he was questioned, the man confessed to killing the woman and stealing her car, plasma television, cellular phone and alcohol.
“The suspect has confessed to tying the woman up, strangling her with a rope and cutting her wrist”, Cst Tsotsotso said.
Cst Tsakane said what led to the killing is not clear at this stage but investigations are continuing.
