UPDATE: Basdeo ‘murderer’ lied about where he dumped the body, searchers say
More than 100 community members searched for the body of missing Brooklyn woman, but nothing was found.
Wendy Pascoe, a private investigator, believed the husband – who is in custody for the murder – misled the police.
Pascoe was involved in the co-ordinated search for Dawn Basdeo in the Erasmia area yesterday.
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The search kicked off at the Swartkop raceway, Centurion at 06:00 in the morning.
She said the search lasted the entire day, but the body was not found where the husband claimed he had dumped it.
“In my opinion, he lied because there was over 100 people involved in the search including the K9 unit but nothing was found.”
She said the family was at least happy to see so many people coming to help in the search.
Basdeo went missing two months ago after her husband, Prem, reported her missing to Brooklyn police.
Prem was arrested shortly after Dawn’s disappearance when forensic evidence suggested he was possibly involved in her murder.
She said police have been hard at work searching for Dawn’s body without any success.
Prem was denied bail by a Pretoria magistrate last month.
Magistrate Disiree Stigling said the state had a strong case against Basdeo, including circumstantial evidence that suggested he may have been linked to his wife’s disappearance.
He reportedly also inherited a substantial amount after the death of his first wife, Neetha, whom he was also accused of murdering 14 years ago.
Neetha was found dead in a shipping container the family lived in while their house was being refurbished.
Basdeo and his son Jordan were acquitted of her murder due to a lack of evidence at the time.
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