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Man arrested after body of 14-year-old girl found buried 'under huge pile of rocks'

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“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased was last seen with her boyfriend. Information was followed and Edwinah's body was discovered in an open veld covered in a huge pile of rocks,” said Free State police spokesperson Brig Motantsi Makhele.

According to police, her uncle last saw her at 8pm on October 10 when she left to go and sleep over at a friend’s house. At 6pm on October 15 he went to the Tumahole police station to report Edwinah missing.“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased was last seen with her boyfriend. Information was followed and Edwinah's body was discovered in an open veld covered in a huge pile of rocks, about 1km away from her home,” said Free State police spokesperson Brig Motantsi Makhele.

“A case of murder was registered and the boyfriend arrested. A postmortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death,” he said.

 

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