The two little girls – aged four and five – went missing at the weekend and were found dead in a refrigerator in a yard opposite their homes. The owner of the property repairs fridges.

Northern Cape police spokesperson, Mohale Ramatseba, says an inquest docket has been opened.

IOL reported the community is still reeling from shock after the discovery of the bodies of the two missing little girls in an unused deep freezer.

The shocking discovery of the two girls, Reneelwe Mosutlhi, 4, and Tlhokomelo Ndenzela, 5, was made on Monday morning by a member of the community who was looking for house keys.

The girls, who were friends, went missing on Sunday afternoon and the police were alerted.

They were last seen at around 2pm on Sunday and police started a search party immediately.

According to one of the girls' mother, Mmabatho Ndenzela, they were alerted by the screams and cries of the person who discovered the bodies of the children in the fridge.

She said that the two girls became friends and neighbours when her family moved to Bankhara, near Kuruman, from Mothibistad in 2018.

“We were still busy, as the police were completing the (missing person) docket at my house when the neighbour started running and screaming and we rushed towards her. We were greeted by the tiny bodies inside the fridge,” said the mother.

“It is so hard to believe that we have been passing the children right in front of us without the slightest idea that they are nearby.”

The Cluster Commander of John Taolo Gaetsewe, Major-General Johan Bean, urged community members to keep children away from fridges and freezers that are not in use.

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