Woman arrested after daughter's naked body found in a shallow grave

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A 28-year-old woman has been arrested following the discovery of her daughter’s naked body in bushes at the Phake Rebone grazing field in Mmametlhake, Mpumalanga.

The woman has been charged with murder and is expected to appear in the Mbibane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

Police spokesperson Captain Gugu Phiri said the woman had left home with the child on Friday. She said it was alleged that a resident had seen her heading to the grazing field with the child.

Later that day, the woman returned alone.

“Her family and friends then became suspicious when she returned home without the child. She further fuelled suspicion when she could not provide an answer about the whereabouts of the child. The family then went to the police station and reported the child missing,” Phiri said.

According to Phiri, residents searched for the child, and a passer-by stumbled upon her body on Tuesday…