{"id":294511,"date":"2025-11-13T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/glen-second-leeuw-child-found-dead-family-members-arrested\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:44:58","slug":"glen-second-leeuw-child-found-dead-family-members-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/glen-second-leeuw-child-found-dead-family-members-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen: Second Leeuw-child found dead, family members arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BLOEMFONTEIN<\/strong> &#8211; The lifeless body of five-year-old Onkarabetse Leeuw was discovered on Wednesday afternoon near his home in Glen, outside Bloemfontein, bringing a tragic end to a community-wide search that began last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discovery at approximately 16:17 marks the second devastating loss for the Leeuw family in less than three weeks, following the brutal murder and sexual assault of Onkarabetse&#8217;s three-year-old cousin, Katleho Joy Leeuw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onkarabetse vanished on Saturday 8 November around 16:00 after leaving home to collect a cap from a friend. According to his mother, he never returned. His body was found concealed beneath a cardboard box in dense vegetation on the southern periphery of Glen Location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read:<a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/police-appeal-for-help-in-finding-missing-five-year-old-boy-from-glen\/\"> Police appeal for help in finding missing five-year-old boy from Glen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"294517\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9f7c6b6b-3823-443c-ba62-1bc17f78a031-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Onkarabetse Leeuw (5).\" class=\"wp-image-294517\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Onkarabetse Leeuw (5) was found murdered in Glen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"294518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/mangaung-residents-can-now-turn-to-ombudsmans-office-after-waiting-for-many-years\/charlie\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Charlie.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2304,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 700D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1763030287&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Charlie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Charlie-683x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"294518\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Leeuw3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294518\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katleho Joy Leeuw (3) was found murdered in Glen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tragedy follows the equally horrific fate of young Katleho, who disappeared on Thursday 23 October. 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