Ladismith 7-year-old

Charred remains of a 7-year-old were found on a shallow grave at a farm in Ladismith.
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Murder: Frankfort police find wife holding her dead husband after quarrel

A wife is appearing in Frankfort Magistrate’s Court for murder on Tuesday after domestic violence fight with husband

Ladismith 7-year-old

Charred remains of a 7-year-old were found on a shallow grave at a farm in Ladismith.
Photo: Pexels/Kat Wilcox

What began as a lovers’ quarrel ended in murder after police arrived on the scene to find a woman clutching her bleeding husband. Police from Frankfort, Free State were responding to a domestic violence complaint on Sunday.

MIDNIGHT CALL OUT

Police were dispatched on Sunday, 3 April, to handle a domestic violence case. Complaints were made about a fight between a husband and wife in Phahameng Section and at about 00:15 on Sunday, a Namahadi man not just lost the fight but also his life.

WIFE FOUND CLUTCHING DEAD HUSBAND

Fezile Dabi District police spokesperson, Captain Malebo Khosana, said the responding officer arrived to find the wife sitting on a chair holding her husband.

“She was on the ground outside the house. He noticed that the husband was bleeding from the mouth and was bleeding from an open wound on the chest,”

said police spokesperson Khosana.

MURDER MYSTERY TOLD TO POLICE

Paramedics declared the 46-year-old man dead on the scene and what began as a domestic violence complaint is a murder investigation.

Khosana said an interview was conducted with the wife to establish the facts of the fight.

“She admitted to having a fight with her husband outside the house. According to her, a group of people entered the yard to rescue her from her husband. After the people separated them, she saw her husband falling down. She further alleged the unknown group of people ran away,”

said captain Malebo Khosana.

POLICE ARREST AND CHARGE WIFE

Khosana said a clear account of how the man was fatally wounded could not be given and she was arrested later that day on a charge of murder.

The investigation is an ongoing matter and the widow will appear at Frankfort Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 05 April.

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