She feared that the woman whose body parts were discovered last Friday could have been another victim of the traditional doctor who conducts abortions.
“Pregnant mothers have been coming in and out of that yard. Some survived while the unfortunate ones died immediately or shortly after the treatment,” she said.
She pointed at a yard where decomposed human body parts were retrieved from a pit latrine as the residence of the traditional doctor that she suspects as the “killer”. She said the abortionist gives her clients a concoction to drink.
“Unfortunately, for my two friends, they died some days after they had taken the concoction at their places. There was nothing that could possibly link their deaths to the medicine that they had swallowed before they died,” she said.
She was reluctant to tip the police on the incidents that occurred several months ago at separate intervals. She said the police are fond of exposing “whistleblowers”.
Meanwhile, the horrific find has become the talk of town. In the taxis, shopping malls and offices, city dwellers are talking about the ghastly incident.
They are baying for the blood of those behind the horrible act. But some even joked that incidents like this one are likely to affect rainfall.
A number of Phase Six residents have suggested that the ‘bogus’ traditional doctors operating within the location should be chased out before they do more harm.
But Monarch deputy customary court president, Gaborekwe Molake, said he was not aware that many traditional doctors are operating in the location. “I am new here, and as such I am not in a good position to say yes or no,” he told Mmegi. Officer Commanding, Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Superintendent, Mosalagae Moseki told Mmegi yesterday that the police have not yet positively identified the deceased.
The police claim that they do not know where the deceased hails from and she cannot be easily identified, as her body was badly decomposed. Moseki said the case is delicate.
“We are still searching to find out if the deceased could have been reported missing by her relatives or not. We don’t know where she hails from and the reason for her death.”
The police could not reveal whether indeed the deceased was pregnant or not before she met her fateful death as some people suggested.
“We are still investigating this case and we are hoping to achieve a lot as the investigations continue.”
The police were unable to determine whether Phase Six has the highest number of traditional doctors operating within the location.
“As you may be aware, there are many people around town who sell traditional herbs. We can’t conclude that Phase Six has many traditional doctors or not,” Moseki said.
