Missing DBES Employee Found Dead

Missing DBES Employee Found Dead
Missing DBES Employee Found Dead

PALAPYE: Police here are investigating a murder case after an employee of Department of Building and Engineering Services (DBES), who went missing recently, was found dead on Thursday.

A suspect was detained on the same day the deceased was discovered. The suspect had confessed to the alleged murder, the police revealed. He was arraigned at Palapye Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The 24-year-old suspect of Lotsane ward was taken to Francistown Psychiatric Hospital for a psychological review. The deceased has been referred to Marina Referral Hospital for a post mortem.

According to police findings, the deceased, a 37-year-old man who stays at the DBES camp in Madiba Ward went missing a few days before he was supposed to go for a work-related trip.

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