A 26-year-old man allegedly
killed the mother of his one-month-old baby boy for refusing him sex in
Midrand, South Africa.
The man, said to
be originally from the Eastern Cape, allegedly stabbed his 23-year-old
girlfriend, Isabella Dease repeatedly, leaving her body in an open veld in
President Park outside Ivory Park, Midrand.
The horrific
murder happened on Saturday, 14 days before the start of the 16 Days of
Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign.
Charles Dease,
the grieving father Isabella (inset) said he wishes a death sentence could be
imposed on the man who killed his daughter.
“He
deserves a death sentence. It was painful nd traumatic when I saw the bloodied
body of my girl.”
He said his
daughter had been stabbed several times in the neck, but a police source said
her throat had been slit with a kitchen knife.
According to
police sources, the man made two statements to the police, in one of the
statements confessing to killing his girlfriend.
A source said the
man had called the police to report that his girlfriend had been killed by two
unknown men driving in a black BMW sedan.
“He said
to the police that he left the house with his girlfriend to buy baby clothes in
Midrand. He claimed they were accosted by a black BMW with two occupants.
“He said the passenger started to have a conversation with the girlfriend and
it appeared the passenger and the mother of his child were acquaintances.”
The source said
the man claimed the two men made a U-turn near Grand Central Airport and took
them to a secluded area where he was pointed at with a firearm while the
occupant dragged his girlfriend out of the car and stabbed her to death.
However, further
investigation revealed the statement made to the police was false.
Another source said after hours of interrogation, the man confessed to killing his girlfriend for refusing to have sex with him since she was breastfeeding the infant.
Another source said after hours of interrogation, the man confessed to killing his girlfriend for refusing to have sex with him since she was breastfeeding the infant.
“He
confessed and he later showed the police a knife he used to kill her and also
his blood-stained clothes. After killing her he rushed to Ivory Park where he
changed his black shoes and wore brown ones. We are also trying to find two
missing phones of the woman.”
Dease described
his daughter as a calm person, very quiet and introverted. He said his daughter
studied tourism at Ekurhuleni West College, adding that the family would take
care of her child.
On Sunday,
family and community members gathered in a corrugated shack to offer prayers.
Several family members frantically fought back tears.
Midrand police
spokesman Warrant Officer Mmakgomo Semono confirmed a man had been arrested and
charged with the murder of his girlfriend.
“The man had
earlier given police different stories as to what happened. He will appear in
the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court today.”
According to the
family, Dease is expected to be buried at GaMatlala village in Limpopo on
Saturday.
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