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Media Statement DURBAN – A man who had confessed to killing a woman on a social media video that went viral was found hanging on a tree on Wednesday morning (18 December 2024), at Malangeni area in Umzinto, a short distance from where he killed the woman. On Tuesday evening, police responded to reports of a murder on a gravel road at Malangeni area in Umzinto where the body of a 25-year-old woman was found lying in the middle of the road. Her bloodied body was found with several stab wounds and a broken knife was found next to her body. Reports indicate that the suspect fetched the woman, who was his girlfriend, from her home and it is suspected that the two had domestic related altercation which escalated to the murder. The suspect’s vehicle was found abandoned down the road from where the woman’s body was found, and blood on the front passenger seat suggested that the suspect killed the woman inside his vehicle. A manhunt was quickly launched and an intensive search by police led to the discovery of the suspect’s body which was hanging on a tree, in what is believed to be a suicide. Police are investigating a case of murder and an inquest docket will also be opened for further investigation. Ends
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