A 53-year-old woman was found dead in her home in Langley Crescent, Parklands in what appears to have been a robbery as her house was ransacked and car stolen.
“The house was in a state of disarray with numerous household items and the deceased’s vehicle stolen,” Table View police spokesperson Capt Adriana Chandler related. “It appeared as if blunt force trauma to the body was the cause of death.”
He said police responded to a request for a welfare check on the deceased during the afternoon of Thursday 28 March. An armed response officer greeted the police at the scene and informed them that on entering the premises he discovered the lifeless body of a woman in a room.
Police have since arrested four suspects in connection with the murder.
The suspects were traced to a residence in Witsand, Atlantis, shortly before 23:00 on 30 March, where the deceased’s vehicle and most of the stolen items were discovered.
One woman, aged 41, and three men, aged 44, 24 and 22 are being detained at Table View Police Station and will appear in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court once charged.
Acting Station Commander, Lieut Col Hendrik Nel, has applauded the members from the Table View detective branch and crime prevention unit for the swift tracing and arrest of the suspects.
