Tlotlo Moilwe was last seen on Christmas Day last year in Moruleng near Rustenburg.
JOHANNESBURG - North West police have withdrawn a R50,000 reward for information on a missing eight-year-old boy from Mogwase after DNA results matched the remains discovered in January this year to him.A police investigation led to the arrest of 28-year-old Bridget Bojosi days later.
Police spokesperson, Adele Myburgh, said: “Bones and clothes were found in January 2020. Although the mother confirmed they were the clothes of the missing boy, the bones were sent to a forensic laboratory for testing and they came back positive. Consequent to the findings, the reward has been withdrawn. A murder and kidnapping case is under investigation.”
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