Picture: The clothes belonging to the missing Kgalalelo Naledi/Supplied
By OBAKENG MAJE
The family of a missing elderly woman in Cokonyane village near Taung said, they are dejected regarding the snail pace the police investigations are going through. This comes after Kgalalelo Naledi (79) went missing on 10 October 2022. According to the police, Kgalalelo allegedly left her house and never returned.
Now, one of her daughters, Patricia said, they were hopeful that the police will make a breakthrough after making a gruesome discovery a few months ago. The police discovered the human skull and bones along with Kgalalelo’s clothes in a grazing field in Modimong village, near Taung four months after she went missing.
“We are still waiting for the forensic outcome after the police discovered the human skull and bones along with my mother’s clothes. However, there is nothing positive that is coming out of that discovery.
“The police are still mum on the matter and it has been almost nine months since our mother went missing. We have done almost everything including bringing in traditional healers and sangomas to the house in quest of locating her, however, all that was futile,” she said.
Patricia further said, her family is not coping anymore as they do not know the whereabouts of their mother. She added that they only pray for her safe return.
The North West police spokesperson, Col Adele Myburgh said an inquest case is still underway after the police discovered a human skull on 9 February 2023 in a grazing field.
“Furthermore, human bones and clothes were also discovered on 13 February 2023 in the same field. The bones were found far apart and the spine and hand bones are missing from the corpse. The DNA results are still awaited and the investigation continues.”
Myburgh said no one has been arrested in the matter.
Meanwhile, Taung DailyNews’s highly-placed source said: “It is highly impossible for that skull and bones to belong to someone, who died nine months ago. Even the forensic unit said, there is nothing they could do in identifying who might the skull and bones belong to.
“There was no single muscle on the skull and bones. So, there is a high possibility that those bones do not belong to the missing Naledi. What is surprising is that community members including shepherds have been grazing in that field, but did not see these bones. But, suddenly, the clothes of Naledi and these bones appear.”
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