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Body of Missing South African Woman Found in Septic Tank with Multiple Stab Wounds

South African police in the Free State have launched a murder investigation after the body of Mookgo Felli Ramateletse, a missing woman, was discovered in her yard’s septic tank.

 

The bones of Ramateletse, 33, were discovered on April 16 on a Sunday, nearly a week after her husband reported her missing.

 

Ramateletse from Boiketlo Village in Qwaqwa has been missing since April 10, 2023, according to regional police spokesperson Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring.

 

On the day of her disappearance, the woman is said to have made her spouse her last phone call. But she was nowhere to be found when he got home.

 

Mophiring said Ramateletse was found with multiple stab wounds to her body.

 

“The police and Maluti-a-Phofung rescue and fire department retrieved the body of a missing woman, Mookgo Felli Ramateletse, from a septic tank in her yard with multiple stab wounds at about 1.30pm after she was positively identified by her husband, who reported her missing,” he said.

 

“On Sunday, April 16, 2023, Namahadi police, the Station Commander, Phuthaditjhaba Crime Intelligence, Phuthaditjhaba K9 Unit, Phuthaditjhaba Public Order Police and Namahadi Vispol formed a search team looking for the missing person in the Boiketlo area. Inside her yard, where she was staying and running a business, the police found a pair of slippers and lipstick inside the half-opened septic tank.

 

“Maluti-a-Phofung Fire and Emergency Medical Services units were immediately summoned to the scene to investigate the septic tank. On their arrival at the scene, they inspected the sewage tank and discovered a woman’s body,” Mophiring said.

 

Police said the body was identified by her husband, Moeketsi Joseph Ramateletse.

 

“She was dressed in black track pants and a pink track top. Her upper body had multiple stab wounds. A case of murder is being investigated and no arrest has been made as yet. Police investigations continue,” Mophiring said.

 

Police have urged anyone with information that could lead to an arrest and conviction of suspects to come forward and contact Namahadi police.

 

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