File
Police investigations into the deaths of two children in Oudtshoorn and Plettenberg Bay led to their mothers being arrested on charges of murder.
Western Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Chris Spies, said an investigation into the death of a seven-year-old boy in Oudtshoorn began after his body was found in the bedroom of a house on Korhaan Avenue in Bridgeton.
“Paramedics later declared him dead on the scene.
“The police initially opened an inquest docket for further investigation. however, a post-mortem conducted later, indicated that the victim died of strangulation.
“The docket was subsequently changed to murder,” he said.
Spies said the child’s 39-year-old mother appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody to 27 August.
He said in an unrelated incident, on Monday, 9 August 2024 at about 11:00, Plettenberg Bay police were dispatched to a scene next to the N2 highway opposite Kwanokuthula where the body of an infant, believed to be three days old, was found.
“Investigation took police to a nearby hospital where a woman gave birth to the girl earlier this month.
“The woman was tracked down at Kwanokuthula and arrested on a murder charge,” Spies said.
She is due to make her first court appearance on Monday.
