{"id":149234,"date":"2017-04-13T14:10:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T12:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=149234"},"modified":"2017-04-13T15:43:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:43:12","slug":"breaking-news-elderly-man-found-dead-woman-critical-condition-wychwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/13\/breaking-news-elderly-man-found-dead-woman-critical-condition-wychwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Elderly man found dead, woman in critical condition in Wychwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the neighbours of an elderly couple, living in Deutzia Road, Wychwood, became concerned as they hadn\u2019t seen the couple on Thursday (today), they contacted the Primrose SAPS to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>Upon their arrival at the home at about 11am, the police discovered the couple, both in their 70s, tied up inside the house.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe elderly man was certified dead on the scene and his wife was transported to Union Hospital in a critical condition,\u201d said Capt Andr\u00e9 de Jager, the communications officer for the Ekurhuleni West cluster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is believed the suspects gained access to the house by forcing open the burglar bars and a window.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Police are investigating a case of murder.<\/p>\n<p>More information will follow when it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148806\/coral-street-shooting-leaves-one-dead-and-two-injured\/\">Coral Street shooting leaves one dead and two injured<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148679\/man-nabbed-for-clarence-road-house-break-in\/\">Man nabbed for Clarence Road house break-in<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='13c6389207d08702081d85e011fb1bf2'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating a case of murder after an elderly man was found dead in his home and his wife in a critical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":149235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[989,979,969,2734,1563,999,1480,998,976],"class_list":["post-149234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-murder","tag-police","tag-primrose-police","tag-saps","tag-wychwood"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["crime","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","murder","police","Primrose police","SAPS","wychwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}