{"id":51868,"date":"2022-12-19T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/man-in-hegtenis-oor-lyk-in-dam-20221214-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T06:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:00:47","slug":"man-in-hegtenis-oor-lyk-in-dam-20221214-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/man-in-hegtenis-oor-lyk-in-dam-20221214-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in hegtenis oor lyk in dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die 27-jarige Richard Murray, wie se liggaam in Oktober vanjaar in die Worcester-dam gevind is, is vermoedelik nie weens selfdood oorlede soos oorspronklik bevind is nie.<\/p>\n<p>Twee mans het op Woensdag 12 Oktober omstreeks 08:00 op \u2019n gruvonds afgekom toe hulle \u2019n bebloede lyk naby die Worcester-dam gevind het.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens AO Vatishwa Jacobs, \u2019n woordvoerder van die Worcester-polisie, het hierdie twee mans glasbottels en skrootmateriaal bymekaar gemaak toe hulle op die lyk van Murray afgekom het. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSy liggaam was bebloed en by verdere ondersoek het ons bevestig inwoners van die Tuindorp-gebied net agter die dam het die man nog die vorige aand gewaar met snymerke aan sy gewrigte. Hy het mense in di\u00e9 omgewing ingelig dat hy sowat 47 tablette ingeneem het.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Die polisie het egter gesinspeel dat hy weens selfdood oorlede is. In \u2019n skokwending is \u2019n inhegtenisneming weens sy moord egter onlangs uitgevoer.<\/p>\n<p>Murray se familie is in kennis gestel van sy afsterwe en is \u2019n paar dae later na Worcester om sy lyk uit te ken. Murray se pa, Stuart, het aan <i>Standard <\/i>vertel dat hulle vreeslik hartseer was oor hul seun se afsterwe, maar geweet het dat dit nie weens selfdood kon wees nie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns seun het op \u2019n plaas buite die dorp by \u2019n bekende rehabilitasiesentrum gewerk. Hy is nie baie goed behandel nie en was daardie dag besonder ontsteld. Hy is nie iemand wat sy eie lewe sou neem nie en die merke aan sy lyf was beslis nie deur sy eie toedoen nie \u2013 dit was weens die feit dat hy met \u2019n mes gesteek is en toe vir die dood gelaat is by die dam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enkele dae nadat Murray se liggaam ontdek is, is die 22-jarige Juchrist de Lange in hegtenis geneem weens die moord. De Lange is \u2019n inwoner van Tuindorp, die gebied waar ooggetuies vir Murray die laaste keer gewaar het.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens \u2019n bron na aan <i>Standard <\/i>blyk dit die merke en snye aan Murray se liggaam was die gevolg van veelvuldige steekwonde. Dit lyk ook of Murray nie net met \u2019n mes gesteek is nie, maar ook dalk op plekke met \u2019n stomp voorwerp, soos \u2019n skroewedraaier.<\/p>\n<p>Dit is egter onbekend aan <i>Standard <\/i>of die slagoffer en verdagte mekaar enigsins geken het.<\/p>\n<p>\n <i>Standard <\/i>is na Tuindorp om meer uit te vind oor die voorval, maar inwoners daar weier om te praat. Een vrou, wat verkies om anoniem te bly, verduidelik dat sy gehoor het van onderonsies waar\u00adin die verdagte al betrokke geraak het, wat gewoonlik gewelddadig ge\u00ebindig het.<\/p>\n<p>De Lange is onlangs ook op R500 borgtog vrygelaat en in sy ma se sorg geplaas. Hy het drie vorige skuldigbevindings teen sy naam vir diefstal. 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