An intensified police investigation and search resulted in the discovery of the remains in a shallow grave inside two separate bags of 12,5 maize meal. The remains were cut into two pieces, with the hands tied and the mouth wrapped with clothes.
The remains were exhumed inside the house and identified to be a woman believed to be between the age of 22 – 24 years old.
According to the police report, it is alleged that the father told his family that he had buried his fortune (money) inside a trunk in the house and they must not exhume it until he instructed them to do so. He has since left the area in 2017 and the Tribal Authority instructed the family that they had decided to allocate the stand to someone else since no one was living in the house.
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The mother, who lives elsewhere, then instructed their son to go to the house and dig out the trunk believed to be full of money. On Thursday, May 5, the son went to the house and discovered the human remains. He left the scene traumatised, unable to speak, and locked himself inside his mother’s home. On Saturday he revealed the incident to his mother, who then reported the matter to the Tribal Authority.
They then called the police, who immediately went to the scene. Pathology results will reveal whose remains it is, but it is believed to belong to a nearby resident who was reported missing on May 14, 2014. DNA tests will be conducted with the family to determine her identity.
