Police have arrested a 29-year-old woman after the lifeless body of her missing five-year-old nephew, Onkarabetse Leeuw, was found in the bushes.
The woman is the mother of three-year-old Katleho Joy Leeuw, who was found raped and murdered last month.
A case docket of kidnapping and murder was registered at Glen police station,
— Lt-Col Thabo Covane, Free State police spokesperson
The child had also been reported missing, and her uncle was subsequently arrested.
In the latest case, Onkarabetse, from Glen Location in Mangaung Metro, was reported missing on Saturday. His mother said he had left home around 4pm to fetch his cap from a friend.
Free State police spokesperson Lt-Col Thabo Covane said the search for the little boy ended with the discovery of his body on Wednesday.
The body was found under a carton box in thick vegetation on the southern outskirts of Glen Location just after 4pm. “A case docket of kidnapping and murder was registered at Glen police station,” he said.
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