The national police spokesperson, Vish Naidoo, says her body found was found in a field in Takaneng Village in Taung in the North West on Tuesday. He says the cause of death is yet to be determined.  

Nadioo also adds that at least three suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident. This after the family was abducted on Sunday and two of their vehicles were also reported stolen. One of the vehicles was found by the police abandoned by the suspects at the Majaneng Village, in Taung, on Monday.

Naidoo states the arrests came after the other vehicle was spotted in the area of Pudimoe in the Northern Cape, driven by a 40-year-old woman, accompanied by two male passengers aged 18 and 19 respectively. He believes the motive for the attack was robbery.

Naidoo says “a group of people allegedly attacked the family of three, the 83-year-old father, the 79-year-old mother and their 50-year-old daughter at their farm house on Sunday 26 July 2020. The incident was reported to the police yesterday after a family member residing in Johannesburg suspected that something was wrong when he was unable to get in touch with his parents and sister since Sunday. All three occupants of the house could not be found and their two sedans were also missing.”

He says the search for the parents is continuing. Meanwhile, in the latest developments the Northern Cape the police spokesperon, Mohale Ramatseba, confirms that a fourth suspect, who is 20 years of age, has also been arrested.

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