01-05-2025
Update: Car parts, suspected to belong to the VW Polo of police Constables, found
Update: Car parts, suspected to belong to the VW Polo of police Constables, found
National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe has confirmed that vehicle parts including a front and rear vehicle bumper have been found.
They were discovered by the search and rescue teams working to find the VW Polo the three Constables were traveling in.
Constable Keamogetswe Buys (30), Constable Boipelo Senoge and Constable Cebekhulu Linda (24) went missing on April 23 on their way to Limpopo from Bloemfontein.
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Their bodies, together with two other people, were found six days later at the Hennops River in Centurion.
On April 30, Mathe said experts are trying to establish if these vehicle parts are linked to the VW polo that the three police officers were travelling in.
'A police reflector jacket belonging to one of the deceased police officers has also been found. SAPS divers, City of Tshwane divers and EMS, SAPS Special Task Force (STF) divers, Search and Rescue South Africa,have located a metal object that they suspect may be the missing vehicle. This metal object was felt by divers 4km from the N1,' said Mathe.
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This vehicle is believed to a serious missing puzzle piece to solve the mysterious and complex case.
Authorities hope to establish whether the Constables were involved in an accident or what might have transpired.
Mathe added that there is no confirmation as yet as this metal object is covered by debris.
SAPS Crime Intelligence, the cyber crime unit, detectives, Lyttleton Community Police Forum (CPF) Traffic, fidelity secure fire, vision tactical private security are also forming part of this operation.
Mathe concluded that all three families of the Constables have been notified of the latest developments.
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