A hunch led an Mfuleni policewoman to the body of a woman buried in her own backyard.
|||Cape Town - A hunch led a Mfuleni policewoman to the body of a woman buried in her own backyard.
The body of Hazel Nkomo, 43, pictured, was found in a grave behind her home in Kala Walk. Two dogs, the family pets, were buried on top of her.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said Nkomo’s husband, Nothununu Mfazwe, told police he last saw his wife on February 16. She was reported missing on March 14.
“The Mfuleni SAPS missing person officer, who was investigating the case, visited the husband at the house yesterday. The officer insisted on looking around the house as she had met the wife before.”
The officer noticed a smell in the yard, but Mfazwe reportedly told her it was caused by the two dead dogs.
“The officer insisted on digging up the dogs,” Van Wyk said.
“After the dogs had been dug up, the husband said that he would go next door to borrow a shovel. He went, but did not come back.”
The woman’s body was found under the dogs.
Siwakhile Nqgayimbana, Nkomo’s brother-in-law, said the family had reported Nkomo missing after they became suspicious about her disappearance.
He said the couple had been married for 10 years and had two children,aged nine and six.
Police have opened a murder docket. No arrests have been made.
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Cape Argus