A 35 year old man is due to appear in the Reitz Magistrates Court soon on allegations of rape and murder of a 2 year old boy. The suspect, who is a blood relative of the boy’s mother, took victim along to a nearby tuck shop in Petsana, Reitz on Friday 9 March 2019, at about 19:00.
He returned alone claiming that the boy had disappeared while they were walking back from the shop. A search party, involving members of the community and several police units could not trace the child.
On 11 March 2019, suspect led officers to a spot between Petsana dumping site and a local Primary School, where the victim’s body was found. Evidence gathered during preliminary investigation suggests that the victim was raped and strangled.
He also had open wounds, an indication that a sharp object might have been used.
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