A police officer looks down towards a river where the body of a 13-year-old special needs child was found by her mother."I want the community to kill him - but first, I want the truth."
These were the words of an outraged mother who stumbled upon her daughter's half-naked body on Tuesday morning.Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg, told our sister publication TimesLIVE she had been searching since Sunday for her 13-year-old special needs daughter, whose disability prevented her from speaking.
SowetanLIVE has chosen not to publish Joyce's full name to protect the identity of her daughter, pending the confirmation of charges to be brought against her attacker. "She disappeared on Sunday. She never left the area where we lived, she would always be seen playing with the other children in the area," Joyce said."I went down to the river this morning [Tuesday] at about 6.40am. I saw her body- I just screamed and called for people to come and help."
The body of a 13-year-old special needs child was discovered next to this river at the Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg earlier today. She was kidnapped on Sunday and killed, allegedly by a neighbour. He is on the run.
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