{"id":57083,"date":"2018-04-21T08:46:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T06:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/unidentified-body-found-strangled-at-station-20180420\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:45:18","slug":"unidentified-body-found-strangled-at-station-20180420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/unidentified-body-found-strangled-at-station-20180420\/","title":{"rendered":"Unidentified body found strangled at station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Police have<br>\nconfirmed that the body of an unidentified man was found at Avondale Railway<br>\nStation on Thursday 19 April.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">When <em>TygerBurger<\/em><\/span><br>\narrived at the scene, the deceased\u2019s body could be seen in an upright position<br>\nas if resting against a pole with its arms at its side, feet on the ground and<br>\na rope or cable hanging down from the pole and tied to its neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">According<br>\nto residents, police arrived on the scene between 08:30 and 09:00. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">Resident<br>\nLindsay McCrae told <em>TygerBurger<\/em><\/span> she has surveillance footage of two men<br>\nclimbing through a hole in the fence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">McCrae said<br>\nin the footage it appears that one of the men is the deceased, while the other<br>\nman accompanied the deceased. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-ZA\">\u201cYou can<br>\nclearly see the man going to the railway line through the fence with another<br>\nguy at about 01:45. 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