Three arrested for Hartswater farm kidnapping, murder
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a family on a farm outside Hartswater in the Northern Cape.
Police spokesperson, Vishnu Naidoo, said it is believed the family of three were attacked on Sunday.
The body of the 50-year old daughter was found in a field in Taung, North West, on Wednesday, while the 83-year-old father and 79-year-old mother are still missing.
"The incident was reported to the police yesterday after a family member residing in Johannesburg suspected that something was wrong when he was unable to get in touch with his parents and sister since Sunday,” says Naidoo.
"All three occupants of the house could not be found and their two sedans were also missing.”
He adds that one of the stolen vehicles was found along with the daughter’s body in Taung.
"The second vehicle…was spotted in the area of Pudimoe being driven by a woman with two male passengers. The vehicle was stopped and the three suspects were subsequently arrested.
"Follow-up investigations were conducted throughout the night and in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday) the body of the 50-year-old daughter was found in a field in the Takaneng Village in Taung. She had been murdered but the cause of death is yet to be determined."
Naidoo the search for the parents and possibly a fourth suspect is continuing.