Bodies of elderly Sherwood couple found with note to local police
Detectives at SAPS Kabega Park in Port Elizabeth are investigating a case of murder and inquest after the bodies of an elderly couple was found in their house in Sherwood, Port Elizabeth.
"It alleged that on Monday, at about 07:00, a neighbour was driving out of the Everwood complex in Worthing Road, in Sherwood, when he noticed a note on the window of the house," said police spokesperson, Capt Sandra Janse Van Rensburg.
"He stopped and the contents of the note read that whoever reads the note must contact the SAPS.
"The person of the body corporate was notified and SAPS contacted."
Capt Van Rensburg said that on entering the house, police found the body of a 64-year-old man hanging in the garage and his 67-year-old wife’s body lying in the back of his bakkie.
"At this stage the cause and time of death of the woman is unknown and will only be determined once the post-mortem is held," she said.
"Police found several notes at the scene.
"The couple lived alone and their names are being withheld until their next of kin has been notified."
Related Stories
The Port Alfred Regional Court on Thursday sentenced Nosibusiso Busi Mangi, aged 24, of Ndlovini Township, in Bathurst, to eight...
A courtroom packed to the brim by community, family members of victims and survivors sighed with relief when Judge Mbulelo Jolwana sentenced convicted serial rapist, Headman Mdyosi (37) to four life and 105 years sentences for murder, attempted murder...
Members of the Aliwal North Stock Theft and endangered species Unit managed to successfully arrest five suspects for stock theft...
The South African Police Service in Joubertina have launched a...
The South African Police Service in Kwanobuhle is investigating an inquest after a 76-year-old man died after the informal home he was sleeping in burned down on Thursday night...
SPAR Eastern Cape took their campaign to clean up the...
Kwanobuhle police and detectives from the Operational Command Centre in Uitenhage have launched a search for suspects involved in a house robbery that occurred at about 00:45 on Friday morning...
The King William’s Town Flying Squad, K9 Unit, Stutterheim Detectives together with Crime Prevention members in a joint operation on Thursday night arrested Buzile Hlungwini, who escaped from the Stutterheim Court on Wednesday...
Police in Stutterheim have appealed to the public to assist them with information that will help them in re-arresting a suspect, who...
The Reserve Bank has reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5% in line with market expectation...
