Neighbour arrested after boy (6) found murdered
The suspect aged 27-year-old was arrested after his uncle made the gruesome discovery and called the police on Friday afternoon.
A Mamelodi man has been arrested for allegedly murdering a six-year-old boy.
The suspect, aged 27, was arrested after the gruesome discovery of the body of the child was made last Friday afternoon.
The body of six-year-old Olwethu Austin Zwane from Mamelodi East, section 17, was found in a backyard room in a pool of blood along with a knife under the suspect’s bed at his (the suspect’s) grandmother’s house.
The Zwane family started searching for the boy after they realised the child went missing while playing with friends not far from his home.
Mother, Nomsa Zwane (44) said she last saw her child in the afternoon when he went to buy snacks, accompanied by the friends he had been playing with him not far from home.
“We started searching for Olwethu from 15:00 with the help of community members and the friends he was playing with before he went missing,” said Nomsa.
She said they searched everywhere and as darkness fell, she noticed a police vehicle parked at a neighbour’s (suspect’s house).
“I went to the house to see what the police were doing there. Before I could get closer, I heard two ladies saying that there was a body of a child found,” she said.
Father, Lucas Mahlangu (48) said the date for the funeral was still to be set while the family awaited post mortem results.
The community members of section 17 in Mamelodi East supported the family and said they would continue to do so “until justice prevails”.
Police spokesperson, Constable Lethabo Mashiloane, confirmed that the child was found in the backroom of the suspect’s grandparents’ house.
“The suspect was arrested after his uncle called the police,” said Mashiloane.
The suspect was denied bail when he briefly appeared in the Mamelodi magistrate’s court on Monday and the case was postponed to November 2.
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