{"id":19702,"date":"2019-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=45560799d99b2dd86fabe37da420dfc0"},"modified":"2019-10-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T00:00:00","slug":"body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of missing 7-year-old identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POTCHEFSTROOM &#8211; The police, through DNA analysis evidence, identified the body of a 7-year-old Kgothatso Molefe, who was reported missing on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 in Tlhabane, close to Rustenburg.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that Kgothatso went to school, but never returned home. She was reported missing the same day.  Subsequently, an unidentified, burnt body was discovered on Friday, 2 August 2019 in Lefaragatlha by a passer-by. As part of investigation, DNA samples were collected and send for forensic investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The police are now investigating a murder case, after the DNA results confirmed that the body found, was of Kgothatso.  Anyone with information that can assist the police investigation is requested to call the Investigating Officer, Sergeant Seforo at 063 247 6532.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POTCHEFSTROOM &#8211; The police, through DNA analysis evidence, identified the body of a 7-year-old Kgothatso Molefe, who was reported missing on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 in Tlhabane, close to Rustenburg.It is alleged that Kgothatso went to school, but never&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Body of missing 7-year-old identified - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Body of missing 7-year-old identified - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"POTCHEFSTROOM - The police, through DNA analysis evidence, identified the body of a 7-year-old Kgothatso Molefe, who was reported missing on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 in Tlhabane, close to Rustenburg.It is alleged that Kgothatso went to school, but never...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-24T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sjadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5258049232dc72b42ad1073df5c990f\"},\"headline\":\"Body of missing 7-year-old identified\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-24T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-24T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/\",\"name\":\"Body of missing 7-year-old identified - South Africa Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-24T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-24T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/body-of-missing-7-year-old-identified\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Body of missing 7-year-old identified\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"description\":\"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; 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