A 61-year-old South African man was killed, chopped to pieces and buried in a shallow grave — allegedly by his wife, as well as her boyfriend and a friend.
These were the chilling claims made by the friend, who told police how he was duped into helping to bury Shelly Lekalakala by his wife and her boyfriend.
Shelly was reported missing by his 37-year-old wife on January 2017. By then he had already been dead for more than two weeks.
According to Temba police, a terrified man arrived at the police station on Wednesday to confess to
being party to burying a body in the Bosplaas bushes.
Police spokesperson Kay Makhubela said the man told of how he was tricked into helping burying the body in what he initially thought was ritual practice.
He said he later learnt it was a horrible murder.
The man told police how he received a phone call on New Year’s Eve from a friend asking him to help carry a heavy metal bath into the bush nearby.
When he questioned them what they were doing he was told not to worry and that it was a ritual for good luck since the woman was a traditional doctor in training.
The man who confessed unsuspectingly proceeded to help the duo and helped carry the metal sink to the bush, which is about 2km from the house.
When he questioned the pair again he was told that he too would be killed and buried. Two weeks went by before the wife reported him missing.
Pathologists exhume the victim's remains. CREDIT: Oupa Mokoena |
Shelly was reported missing by his 37-year-old wife on January 2017. By then he had already been dead for more than two weeks.
According to Temba police, a terrified man arrived at the police station on Wednesday to confess to
being party to burying a body in the Bosplaas bushes.
Police spokesperson Kay Makhubela said the man told of how he was tricked into helping burying the body in what he initially thought was ritual practice.
He said he later learnt it was a horrible murder.
The man told police how he received a phone call on New Year’s Eve from a friend asking him to help carry a heavy metal bath into the bush nearby.
“It’s believed the guy who called the ‘confessor’ for help is the boyfriend of the deceased man’s wife,” said Makhubela.When the man arrived at Shelly’s house in Ramotse, he found his friend and the victim’s wife wrapping objects and throwing them inside a metal sink.
When he questioned them what they were doing he was told not to worry and that it was a ritual for good luck since the woman was a traditional doctor in training.
The man who confessed unsuspectingly proceeded to help the duo and helped carry the metal sink to the bush, which is about 2km from the house.
“(He) told police the initial idea was to throw the metal sink inside a river. But they did not go ahead with that plan; the trio attempted to dig a hole instead,” said Makhubela.
“The trio didn’t finish digging the hole that night. They came back the next night,” he said.It was on the second night that the confessor was highly suspicious and discovered that the wrapped-up objects were actually Shely’s body parts.
When he questioned the pair again he was told that he too would be killed and buried. Two weeks went by before the wife reported him missing.
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