GAUTENG. – Police have made a breakthrough in the murder investigation into the ninth victim in the series of murders involving women in Gauteng. The woman's body was found on 17 September in Dawn Park, Ekurhuleni. Three suspects were taken into custody over the weekend. The woman has been identified by police as Jabulile Ntimba.
This case brought the total number of bodies of women discovered over the preceding two months in Ekurhuleni to nine. The number has since risen to ten. A multidisciplinary team of experts has been mobilised to work on the cases and to ensure that those responsible for the crimes are brought before court.
Brig. Athlenda Mathe, national police spokesperson, says the three suspects in custody are one man and two women. They were taken into custody over the weekend by members of the Gauteng murder and robbery unit. The three are expected to appear in the Boksburg magistrate's court later today.
Lt. Gen. Puleng Dimpane, the acting national police commissioner, says police are working on all the murder cases and that each one receives priority attention. According to Dimpane, investigators are following all available leads and are working tirelessly to bring those responsible to justice. Further details about the case will be revealed in court today.
Police are appealing to community members with information that could assist the investigations to come forward. Anonymous tips are welcome and all information will be handled in the strictest confidence.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
