GAUTENG. – Jessica Rabe (20) and Yudistan Pillay (25) have been missing since 17 July. Police found two bodies in a shallow grave in the Van Dyk Park area on Saturday. Three suspects in custody are expected to appear in court today.
Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, police spokesperson, tells Nuusflits Rabe and Pillay were last seen alive in the Van Dyk Park and Dalpark areas in Boksburg. According to Nevhuhulwi, police officers from Dawn Park followed up on information on 29 August at approximately 18:00 about the two people who had been missing since late July. The information led them to the Van Dyk area, where a search and rescue operation was conducted by the dog unit, forensic crime scene investigators and local police. The bodies of two people were found partially buried on a property. The bodies were taken to a state mortuary for formal identification and further investigation to establish the cause of death.
Three suspects, two men and one woman aged between 22 and 26 years old, were arrested on 30 August in connection with the murder. They are expected to appear in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court on 1 September.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
