Cape Town – Police in Mpumalanga have reportedly confirmed the arrest of a fourth suspect in connection with the murder of Hillary Gardee.
Police confirmed the development on Friday, reports said.
According to IOL, the suspect was arrested on Thursday in Kwa-Thema in Springs.
“We’ve been looking for him since the previous suspects were arrested.
“We were following information with our investigators and the information led us to him last night,” the report quoted Mpumalanga police commissioner Lieutenant-General Semakaleng Manamela as saying.
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Police said the suspect was in possession of a firearm when they caught him. They’ve linked him to three other crimes in Mpumalanga, EWN reported.
Hillary went missing on April 29 after a shopping trip to a Spar near her home in Mbombela, Mpumalanga.
She was found dead in a field outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga on May 3 with a gun wound on her head.
Suspects Sipho Lawrence Mkatshwa, Philemon Lukhele and Mduzuzi Gama were arrested and charged with murder, rape, conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and possession of illegal firearms.
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