Pelotshweu postmortem reveals 'murder'
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | Tuesday June 20, 2023 06:00
The post-mortem also showed that Pelotshweu was struck with an object on the upper part of her cheek and had a dislocation in the bottom.
The deceased’s uncle, Ontukile Oabona, shared the results in part following a briefing by doctors. “We are yet to receive a full post-mortem from the police and clearly it shows that our child was murdered.
The police have not briefed us on anything,” Oabona told The Monitor. He added there were no signs of rape and none of her body parts were missing according to the doctors.
Superintendent Oteng Poloko of Serowe police said: “We have not yet arrested anyone in connection with the matter. The findings of the post-mortem will be released to the family when complete. It is true, it was done last week.” This came after Pelotshweu was found dead along the Serowe-Orapa Road on the morning of June 8.
However, the family still wants answers to what could have happened to their daughter after work. Early last week, Oabona said: “On Wednesday last week, Obakeng went to her work as usual. Usually, she leaves home at around past seven in the morning since their shop opens at 8am at Boitekanelo Mall.” "Surprisingly, our child never came back home after she knocked off at work.
Her grandmother tried calling her that day but her phones were off. "The following morning, she called me saying that Obakeng never came home and I told her that we should open a missing person’s case at the police.”
He said they were dismayed when her colleagues came with their employer that morning to know the whereabouts of Pelotshweu, saying that she has the shop keys and they wanted to open the shop. The family said they then filed a missing person's report. Elsewhere, residents were alerted by a passerby who found a body by the roadside and notified the police.
Pelotshweu’s uncle said the police then informed them to come and identify if the deceased is not their daughter and were shocked to find that it was her. However, the family maintains that it suspects foul play and that Pelotshweu might have been murdered by a person who had a tip-off that she had the shop keys and money for the day.