Police recover body of missing girl (8)
Police have found the body of 8-year-old Mabareki Molamudi, who went missing near Tzaneen in Limpopo on Monday.
Provincial police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo says the grade 1 pupil was last seen with a 34-year-old suspect on the day of her disappearance.
"Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that the child was last seen in the company of the suspect, walking to the nearby shop.
"He later reportedly told some community members that the child was kidnapped by unknown men travelling in a Toyota Quantum," says Mojapelo.
The suspect was arrested on the early hours of Thursday morning.
"Further investigations led the team to an area next to the local crèche at Xipungu village in Letsitele policing area outside Tzaneen, where the body was found in the bushes.
"The probe that was conducted at the scene suggested that the child might have been raped before she was murdered. This will be determined by forensic investigations that are unfolding," Mojapelo says.
The 34-year-old is expected to appear in Ritavi Magistrate’s Court Friday, facing charges of kidnapping, rape and murder.
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