Bodies of EC grandmother and teen granddaughters found in a river
JOHANNESBURG – Eastern Cape police recovered the bodies an elderly woman and her granddaughters who were kidnapped at their home earlier this week.
A search was conducted and on Saturday, 07 December 2019, their bodies were found floating in the river by a shepherd.Three cases of murder and kidnapping were opened. The police had earlier reported that the sister of the deceased twins had alleged that their 40-year-old uncle had been sexually abusing the girls over some time, which resulted in one of the sister falling pregnant.On the day that the family last seen, the police had been to visit them as part of the investigation into the rape allegations.
“It is alleged that after the police left, the uncle arrived and began questioning the family on what the police were looking for,” said the police statement. #sapsEC Police request the public to assist with the whereabouts of 3 family members aged 16, 17 & 71 who are believed to have gone #missing between Sunday & Monday at Lower Trojan in Tsomo. Anyone with info on the family to contact #CrimeStop. MLhttps://t.co/Ru8AqDNWVZ pic.twitter.com/KGqBK5aFJc
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