Frantic search for kidnapped husband after wife is murdered

Police say the robbers broke into Christine and Roger Solik's home at the Bend Country Estate on Friday morning.  

SAPS spokesperson, Thulani Zwane, says 57-year-old Christine and her 66-year-old husband were assaulted - before they were both kidnapped. 

He says their neighbour called police after noticing that their home had been broken into.

"When the police arrived, they noticed that there were some bloodstains inside the house, and the house was upside down. The couple were nowhere to be found, and it was suspected they were kidnapped - as their vehicle was also missing," he said. 

Zwane says later that day, police found Christine's body in a river about 70 kilometres away from their home. 

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But he says they are still searching for Roger Solik.  The family has posted a message on social media appealing for Roger's safe return, saying the father - who has Parkinson's disease - needs to take his medication daily. 

"He has fought hard against Parkinson's disease for twenty years. Daily medication is essential for his condition and, no matter how mentally fit he is, without his medication he will become totally dysfunctional within 48 hours. It is critical that we find our father soon as he has hours to live," wrote Daniel Sutherland

Our parents were inseparable and their relationship was something to aspire to. It is hard to understand that on their community farmland estate, with rolling hills and endless nature, and neighbours 100m away, that something so violent could happen. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers," wrote Sutherland.