The Free State High Court has sentenced Jonas Mokoena to 30 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend (41) and their one-year-old son.
Bloemfontein Courant reports that the bodies of the victims were discovered last month in a shallow grave in an informal settlement in Qalabotjha, near Villiers, after residents reported a foul odor coming from their hut.
The baby’s body was found in a gym bag that had been placed on top of his mother’s body.
Police spokesperson Josephine Rani said preliminary investigations revealed Mokoena had told the landlord his girlfriend and child were in Balfour, despite being seen in the hut around the time of their deaths. After the discovery of the bodies, Mokoena went into hiding.
“The case was assigned to Detective Sergeant Ivy Maisa of the Provincial Unit for Investigation of Murder and Robbery of Serious and Violent Crimes, who conducted a thorough investigation and collected sufficient evidence,” Rani said.
Mokoena was arrested the same day by Villiers SAPS members at a hiking spot while they were allegedly trying to travel to Balfour.
He was charged with two counts of murder, then convicted and sentenced Thursday.
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