Teen girl’s body found hidden under a bed
She was last seen on February 21 and her family reported her missing at the Delmas Police Station last Tuesday.
A 37-year-old man appeared in the Delmas District Court on Monday after he was arrested in connection with his niece’s murder.
The 15- year- old girl’s body was found hidden under a bed. According to a police report, her family the family started to worry when she did not come home because she had never been away from home for a long period without contacting them. Efforts were made efforts to contact her friends enquiring of her whereabouts.
A search for the girl began on Tuesday, February 25 after her mother was discharged from hospital.
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“After an extensive search was conducted, one of the family members realised that there was an unusual smell in the house but brushed it off as the house had not been cleaned in a while due to the mother being hospitalised. The girl’s mother started cleaning the house which led to the gruesome discovery of her daughter’s partly decomposed body under the bed.”
“Strangely, the girl’s uncle who used to stay with them was nowhere to be found, apparently since the girl’s disappearance. A manhunt was conducted and the uncle was found at a particular squatter camp in Delmas and was taken in for questioning by police,” states the report.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the uncle was previously accused of raping and brutally stabbing another young girl in Gauteng back in 2007. Details of that case indicate that after stabbing the girl, he (uncle) covered her with blankets but luckily she survived the ordeal. The suspect is yet to be charged for the 2007 case as well. It was further discovered that the uncle also has a warrant of arrest on an outstanding case which occurred in 2006 where he was found in possession of suspected stolen property.
The uncle was charged with murder and he will appear in court for a formal bail application on March 9, 2020.
