Man, woman, pikin stoned to death afta discovery of missing girl inside dia pit toilet

Police for South Africa say dem neva arrest anybody so far and dem still dey investigate di horrific incident wey lead to di death of three pipo.

According to di South Africa Police Service, one man wey dey 53 years old, im girlfriend wey dey 51 years and her son wey be 32 years reportedly die afta pipo allegedly stone dem to death.

Di incident happun for Senotlelo for Vaalbank afta pipo find di deadbody of one 8-year-old girl inside pit toilet over di weekend.

Wetin really happun?

Police for statement say Nomsa Sambo wey dey 8 years bin dey miss and her family report for Vaalbank SAPS on Sunday, 12 February 2023.

Afta dem report dia missing pikin to police, tori begin fly upandan wey allege say dem see one man wey carry Nomsa go im house.

Police respond to di information and on Monday, 13 February 2023 dem carry di man for questioning.

Dem come open a case of kidnapping, but di man deny all di allegations. Police say dem later release di man sake of say dem no get enof evidence to charge am.

"Dis morning 18 February, 2023 information come out say di missing child dey inside one pit toilet for di suspect house.

"Police from Vaalbank as well as members from Search and Rescue team rush to di scene and by di time we reach dia we see di lifeless bodies of three individuals, two males and one female for di street. Di deadbodies reportedly get serious injuries wey suggest say dem fit don stone dem and di medical personnel wey come di scene as well confam say dem don die."

Police say dem also see two vehicles wey di pipo burn to ashes, dem also remove di girl from di pit toilet but she don already die.

"Police also discover two vehicles, one Ford Bantam and VW Jetta 4, burnt to ashes. We eventually bring di pikin out from di pit toilet but unfortunately dem confam her dead as well."

Police identify di three pipo wey dem stone to death as oga Zele Papo Machika (53), im female friend, Ms Pauline Maubane (51), and dia son, Thabo Maubane (32).

Di Police later find out say di vehicles wey dem burn belong to Thabo Maubane.

'We don change di case from kidnapping to murder'

Police say dem bin don open a case of kidnapping but dem don change am to murder.

Meanwhile dey torchlight three counts of murder wey concern di three adults wey dey murdered.

"We neva arrest anybody so far and police dey investigate dis horrific incident.

"A team of investigators under di leadership of di Provincial Commissioner of di SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela don come togeda to probe .

#sapsMP Man (53), his girlfriend (51) and her son (32) were stoned to death at Senotlelo in Vaalbank early this morning. One of the men was suspected of kidnapping and murdering a girl (08), whose body was found in a pit toilet at his residence. NPhttps://t.co/hs7bRhT6Vj pic.twitter.com/GawdJYBBO0

— SA Police Service