No arrests yet in tragic death of teen found stabbed and dumped in school storeroom

Deveney Nel

Cape Town – Police have not yet made any arrests in the murder of Deveney Nel, whose body was discovered in a storeroom at Overberg High School in Caledon last week.

Reports indicated that Nel, a Grade 10 student, was reported missing by her mother on Wednesday.

She was found to have been stabbed, and the case is now being handled by provincial serious and violent crime detectives, who have not yet made any progress, EWN reported on Monday. 

The Western Cape Education Department has said that the school is open and continues to provide counselling.

The case comes amid Women’s Month, highlighting ongoing concerns about gender-based violence and femicide.

According to reports, Nel,  who resided in one of the school’s boarding facilities, was reported missing by her family after she failed to return home as expected.

“It is alleged that a search party was quickly formed, which later discovered her body in a storeroom on the school premises. Medical personnel on the scene declared her deceased, and a murder case has been opened.

“Deveney was a Grade 10 student and resident of one of the boarding school residences at Overberg High School. We are heartbroken over the loss of such a beautiful soul. Fly high, little Sister,” wrote @womenforchange5 on X.

Authorities believe Nel was not killed in the storeroom where her body was found but was moved there after her murder.

IOL quoted a source as saying that drag marks from a nearby toilet and Nel’s belongings, found on the back of a local worker’s bakkie, suggest a possible movement of the body.

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