According to residents of Tafelsig, the suspected neighbour was recently released from prison‚ where he served time for rape.
Police could not confirm this.
A video on the “Gang Ridden Areas in South Africa” Facebook group reportedly shows the residents clashing with police as detectives investigated the crime scene.
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A search party found Stacha’s body behind the Swartklip Sports Centre on a sand dune on Tuesday. Her father‚ Stanley Godfrey‚ said her body was still warm when they found her.
Last week‚ 1000 Lavender Hill residents tried to attack a 50-year-old suspect accused of murdering 13-year-old Rene Tracy Roman after police took him to the scene where her decomposing body was found.