Free State police are investigating after a four-year-old's body was discovered wrapped in blankets and curtains.
A Free State man is expected to appear in the Hertzogville Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for the murder of his four-year-old stepson.
The 24-year-old man was arrested after the toddler was found wrapped in blankets and curtains.
The provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Thabo Covane, said the suspect was arrested on Monday, August 10.
“On Monday, the police in Hertzogville attended to a scene of crime at the Old Cemetery in Malebogo (a township area located adjacent to Hertzogville). According to reports, the body of a child with bad injuries to the head was found wrapped in blankets and curtains. Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRD) experts based in Welkom were summoned to process the scene,” Covane said.
