{"id":46128,"date":"2023-10-26T10:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/hamburg-police-seek-assistance-in-identifying-unknown-womens-body-20231026\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:07:41","slug":"hamburg-police-seek-assistance-in-identifying-unknown-womens-body-20231026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/hamburg-police-seek-assistance-in-identifying-unknown-womens-body-20231026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamburg police seek assistance in identifying unknown women&#8217;s body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div 'helvetica=\"\" arial;font-size:16px;white-space-collapse:preserve;background-color:#fcfcfb;\"=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"83msk\" data-offset-key=\"bat0o-0-0\" helvetica,=\"\" neue',=\"\" pro',=\"\" sans=\"\" source=\"\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"bat0o-0-0\">\n<p>Hamburg Police detectives are seeking the community\u2019s assistance in tracing the next of kin of an unknown female whose body was found on the&nbsp; Keiskamma&nbsp;river bank on Wednesday, October 18.<\/p>\n<p>According police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli, police were summoned to a scene at the bank of Keiskamma River, where a naked woman\u2019s body was found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body had a red lace on the waist and a pink tekkie on the right foot,\u201d said&nbsp;Nkohli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the advanced state of decomposition, the age and race cannot be determined at this stage. 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