Case overview
On August 24, 2019, she was sexually assaulted and killed in the suburb of Claremont, Cape Town. A suspect, later identified as post office employee Luyanda Botha, was arrested and confessed to the Wynberg Magistrate's Court of committing the murder at a post office in Claremont. [1]
A suspect, later identified as post office employee Luyanda Botha, was arrested and confessed to the Wynberg Magistrate's Court of committing the murder at a post office in Claremont. Botha had planned his attack in advance, arranging with his post office colleague, Soraya Abdullah for her to leave work earlier. Mrwetyana was last seen in Claremont leaving a minibus taxi outside Clareinch Post Office soon before her death. [2]
