A MAN from Hammarsdale, who was reported missing on 16 October, was found wrapped in a plastic bag with both legs tied in Thornville.
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Skhumbuzo Myeza (38) from Mpumalanga in Hammarsdale was reported missing at Alexandra Road SAPS in Pietermaritzburg.
According to KZN spokesman, Col Thembeka Mbele, a missing persons docket was registered and allocated to a dedicated investigating officer who investigated the matter.
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Mbele said a video of two men assaulting the missing person at an undercover parking lot was circulated on social media.
“With little information at hand, the investigating officer managed to trace the building where Myeza was assaulted at the corner of Loop Street and Chapel Street on 19 October 2020,” she said.
Through intensive investigation, Mbele said two suspects were identified at the same premises.
“It was established that Myeza was accused of theft but nothing was found on him. They led the investigating officer to Mount Pleasant Road in Thornville near the quarry where Myeza’s body was found wrapped in a plastic bag with both legs tied. He sustained multiple injuries on the body,” said Mbele.
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A case of murder was then opened and registered at Pietermaritzburg SAPS. The two accused appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court on 21 October.
They appeared again on 28 October and the matter was remanded to Monday, 9 November. KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Khombinkosi Jula praised the investigating officer for his determination in solving the case.
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