Hlokomelo Mabogale
The Police in Thohoyandou in Limpopo have launched a manhunt for the suspect(s) after a 90-year-old Muvhulawa Mudzunga and her daughter Caroline Edzisani Muvhulawa aged 54, were found brutally murdered in their home at Lunungwi village on Sunday, 16 August 2020.
It is alleged that the other daughter of a 90 year old woman made calls but there were no answers.
“The neighbours were allegedly alerted by the other daughter of the elderly woman after she became unsettled when several phone calls that she made were not answered. They then went to the house to investigate and that’s when the gruesome discovery was made.” Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said.
The police were summoned to the house and on arrival, they found two bodies in a pool of blood with open wounds.
Mojapelo said preliminary investigations revealed that the heartless killings might have been committed the previous day.
Limpopo police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba condemned the brutal killing of the two vulnerable women and has “instructed “ the District Commissioner to assemble a dedicated team to hunt down the killers.
The motive for the killings is unknown at this state but police investigations are underway.
Two counts of murder have opened and anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the killer(s) is requested to contact, Colonel Shumani Raphulo on 082 565 8179, the crime stop number 860010111 or the nearest Police station.
