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Media Statement DURBAN – Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old woman who was kidnapped on 25 December 2024. The woman was last seen leaving a restaurant in Umhlanga with a male companion in the early hours of 25 December 2024 and a case of kidnapping was opened after she did not return home. Thorough police investigations uncovered the identity of the man who was seen leaving the establishment with the missing woman. During the investigations it was discovered that the man, who was her manager at work, took her to his home at Amaotana area in Inanda. The two reportedly had an altercation and the man allegedly strangled her to death and buried her body in his yard.
The suspect was arrested on Saturday morning, 4 January 2025 and will appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 6 January 2025, facing charges of kidnapping, murder and defeating the ends of justice.
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