{"id":146047,"date":"2017-03-06T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146047\/elderly-woman-found-dead-in-katlehong\/"},"modified":"2017-03-06T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:52:29","slug":"elderly-woman-found-dead-in-katlehong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/06\/elderly-woman-found-dead-in-katlehong\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly woman found dead in Katlehong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 62-year-old woman was found dead in the Phooko Section of Katlehong, recently.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased was discovered by her tenants when they woke up in the morning.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cA case of murder was opened with the Katlehong North police when it was discovered that the victim had multiple stab wounds to the upper body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe motive for the murder is unknown at this stage,\u201d Capt Mega Ndobe of the Ekurhuleni West cluster said.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Working on information received from the community, officers were able to trace and arrest a 37-year-old man allegedly responsible for the murder only hours after the crime was reported.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested and charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man was found in the Phake Section, which is a stone\u2019s throw away from the Phooko Section,\u201d said Ndobe.<\/p>\n<p>The man will appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate\u2019s Court soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applaud the community for coming together and assisting with this arrest,\u201d said Ndobe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/145813\/couple-attacked-in-their-home-husband-shot\/\">Couple attacked in their Norton Small Farms home, husband 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