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Police have made a breakthrough in the investigation of the 2015 rape and murder of a 17-year-old learner from the Great Brak Senior Secondary school.
A 22-year-old man who appeared in court Thursday to apply for bail in an unrelated rape matter was arrested in the court holding cells for murder of Lesley-Ann Maya.Her body was found in reeds in Powertown on the 13th of April last year five days after she had gone missing.
She was the second learner from Powertown to have been murdered.
In October 2014 the 15-year-old Eloise Witbooi went missing and her body was discovered two months later.
Police said at the time that her body was too badly decomposed and therefore it would be impossible to determine the cause of death.A third learner, also from the Great Brak Secondary School went missing two months after Lesley-Ann. The 15-year-old Bonique Jansen was found dead in the same neighbourhood.
The murders sent shock waves through the community of Powertown who feared that a serial killer was on the loose. Traumatised learners received counselling after being left terrified by the murders.The 22-year-old suspect will be charged with kidnapping, murder and rape of Lesley Anne Maya.
Police are investigating the possibility that he might be linked the the murder of the other two.He will be back in court again on 22 July.