Benoni, South Africa – Two homeless men are believed to be behind the murder of a 47-year-old Farrarmere resident.
Benoni SAPS cluster spokesperson Capt Mack Mngomezulu said the victim’s lifeless body was discovered at Danie Taljaard Park yesterday morning (September 23).
Police received a call from a member of the public notifying police of the victim’s body floating in Kleinfontein Dam, at around 8.30am.
Mngomezulu said the man had been strangled and hit on the head with an iron rod.
He said the deceased’s family told police their loved one left his home on Monday to feed the destitute at the Danie Taljaard Park.
When police arrived on the scene, they found the deceased’s bank cards.
These were used to trace the victim’s residence.
When the Benoni SAPS arrived at the address, they were informed that the Boksburg North SAPS had already been there with the victim’s suspected stolen bakkie.
Police then discovered that two suspects had been stopped for drunk driving in Boksburg North in the same vehicle.
They were released as they displayed no suspicious behaviour.
The Benoni SAPS went to Boksburg SAPS to get a description of the suspects, as they had been released.
After investigation, a member of the public, who spends time at the Danie Taljaard Park, told police he knows one of the suspects.
The informant called the SAPS when one of the suspects returned to the scene.
Once police arrived, the suspect lead the police to his nephew, who was then also arrested.
The suspects, who are 29 and 35 years old, were arrested and are expected to appear in the Benoni Magistrates Court tomorrow (Thursday September 25) on a murder charge.
Mngomezulu said the motive for the crime is possible robbery, as the suspects sold the stolen vehicle’s car radio and victim’s cell phone battery.
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