GAUTENG. – Monique van Aswegen was arrested on Friday evening, 13 November, in connection with the murder of Jackie van Aswegen, who was killed at her home in Brakpan in September 2022.
According to a statement by Specialised Security Services (SSS), led by Mike Bolhuis, the SAPD investigating officer and his team carried out the arrest after a warrant for Monique's detention was issued in September this year.
SSS says she is the wife of André van Aswegen, Jackie's son, who was arrested shortly after the murder together with an accomplice after they allegedly admitted their involvement in the crime.
According to SSS, evidence that emerged during the subsequent court proceedings suggested that a third person may also have been involved in the murder. The investigation continued because initially there was insufficient evidence to arrest that person.
SSS says its investigating team traced Monique's whereabouts and handed the information to the SAPD investigating officer. This enabled the police to arrest her.
She is expected to appear in the Tsakane Magistrate's Court on Monday, 16 November.
SSS thanked the SAPD investigating officer, AO Xaba, and his team for their continued cooperation and investigative work.
Source: Specialised Security Services (SSS)
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
