A case of murder and possible kidnapping is being investigated after the body of a toddler was found in an open veld in Rabie Ridge in Tembisa on Saturday morning.
The body of the little girl was found by a community member who was passing by the veld at about 6.30am and noticed the girl’s body, Kempton Police spokesperson, Capt Jethro Mtshali, confirmed.
The body of the 14-month-old baby girl was found half-naked.
“During investigations, it was established that the previous night (Friday) the mother of the girl had reported to Ivory Park SAPS that a man had driven off with her daughter,” Mtshali said.
According to the police, the girl’s mother had taken her child along while she drank at the pub with two men.
“Later, all three of them left the shebeen in a car, a metered taxi, belonging to one of the men. They first dropped one man at his home before proceeding to the woman’s home,” said Mtshali.
The mother and the man allegedly had an argument on the way and she existed the car. The man then sped off with the toddler still inside the car.
“At this stage it is not known how the child was killed as the body has to be taken for a post mortem to establish the exact cause of death,” said Mtshali.
The man is still at large and investigations continue.
