Young woman’s body found in shallow grave
She was last seen in the company of a 26-year-old man believed to be her boyfriend.
KABOKWENI – A man accused of killing his girlfriend will appear in the local Magistrate’s Court today.
The man was arrested over the weekend after community members set his house alight.
Thembelihle Base’s (24) body was discovered in a shallow grave on Sunday.
According to police spokesman Sgt Gerald Sedibe, she was reported missing by her family on August 10.
“She was last seen in the company of a 26-year-old man believed to be her boyfriend. Base was never seen alive again,” he said.
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A cattle herder discovered her body. He smelt something decomposing and went to investigate. “He came across a shallow grave. He saw a hand and a foot protruding from the ground,” Sedibe said.
He immediately called the police, who recovered the body. It was then identified as Base.
“Upon seeing what had happened residents went to the boyfriend’s house and torched it,” said Sedibe.
Police had to rescue the man. They charged him with the murder.
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