Mfuleni residents are fearful of their children’s safety after a young woman’s charred remains were found bound on a field
|||Cape Town - Residents are living in fear after the torched body of a young woman was found dumped near their homes.
The burnt body of the unknown woman was discovered by a man who was collecting wood in an open field in Brentwood Park in Mfuleni on Tuesday.
The victim, who is between the ages of 18 and 25, had been burnt from the head down to the ankles.
She was lying on her back and both hands were tied behind her back with wire.
Shocked residents believe the woman was murdered somewhere else before her body was dumped in the bushes and set alight.
Police say the woman was wearing a red jacket, pink top, white jeans, black tights and is of slender build.
A 46-year-old resident who refused to be named tells the Daily Voice the spot where the body was found is notorious for violent robberies.
“This place is very dark at night. Us as parents are now fearing for our children’s lives,” says the fearful woman.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk says Mfuleni police are appealing to the community to come forward with any information that could lead to the identification of the victim.
* Call Sergeant Sweli on 021 909 9616 or Captain Jansen on 082 469 7150.
The case is remarkably similar to the murder of Charmaine Mare, 16, whose dismembered and burnt corpse was found in a field on January 14 this year. Johannes de Jager, 44, has since been charged with her murder.
Daily Voice