It took an elite policing unit just two weeks to effect an arrest for the murder of slain KwaZulu-Natal priest, Liezel de Jager.
De Jager's body was found on her Amanzimtoti property on October 13, 2021, after the beloved NG Kerk Suidkhus Reverend had just returned home from her morning jog.
At the time, IOL reported that Amanzimtoti police received a complaint of a murder on Dan Pienaar Road at Athlone Park in Amanzimtoti.
It was reported that upon arrival at the scene, police found a 38-year-old woman victim lying on the ground inside her yard with strangulation marks on her neck.
National police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, said under the command of Brigadier Bafana Gininda, the South African Police Service (SAPS) Cold Case Unit managed to trace and link a suspect.
“The members worked tirelessly in analysing and following up on information and in the early hours of November 24, the team made an arrest in Bloemfontein,” she said.
Mathe said a 45-year-old man will appear on a charge of murder at the Durban Magistrate's Court on Monday.
IOL