Police are on the hunt for a man who reportedly murdered his girlfriend’s nine-year-old daughter at Cwagare village last month.
Goodhope Assistant Superintendent, Bigani Mpindi, pleaded with the public to assist with the arrest of the suspect who fled the scene after the incident.
The suspect, 49-year-old Basireletsi Jeremia Makgetla of Lobatse has since been published on Botswana Police Service Facebook page as a wanted person.
Makgetla is said to have murdered the Standard 4 girl between March 25th and 28th, 2023 and the incident was reported before Goodhope police on March 28th, 2023 around 1100 hrs.
It is alleged that the suspect on March 24th, 2023 went to Ramatlabama where the girl was staying with her biological father and asked for the father’s permission to buy some clothes for her in Lobatse.
When the girl did not return home, the father called the mother to ask if they were together but the shocked mother told him she had not seen her and that she was not aware of any arrangement with Makgetla.
The father got suspicious and asked the mother to accompany him to Lobatse police to file a report on their missing daughter.
It is alleged that while the search for the girl continued, the father and the girl’s uncle decided to look for her at her grandmother’s place where they were shocked to find her lying motionless on top of the bed.
The men phoned the police who took the girl to Goodhope Primary Hospital where she was certified dead by the medical doctor.
The police have appealed to the public to help with any information that may lead to the arrest of Makgetla.
