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UPDATE: Missing Mooinooi women possibly found

Police found what could the missing women’s remains when they acted on information they were given in the case.

Police confirmed that they have found what could be the remains of the two missing Mooinooi women, Anisha and Joey van Niekerk.

The officers investigating the case had discovered the remains near the R104, said police spokesperson Warrant Officer Mpeile Talane.

Police were acting on information they were given that the women’s remains would be found in Buffelsfontein, just outside of Mooinooi.

The remains have been taken for DNA testing and police are still awaiting the results. However, they believe it could be the missing women.

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The two women went missing on 10 December when they left to attend a funeral in Pretoria, but never arrived.

Since then the SAPS have discovered the burnt wreck of the car in which the women were travelling near a road in Magaliesburg, Randfontein.

Thus far a total of seven people have been arrested in the case.

Talane could not say when the DNA results would be available.

 

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