8-month pregnant woman found hanging from tree with stab wounds

An eight-month pregnant lady who vanished from home a week ago was discovered dangling from a tree yesterday with cut injuries.

Tshegofatso Pule’s body was discovered dangling from a tree around Florida Lake in Roodepoort on the West Rand after she was most recently seen on Thursday night. Pule of Meadowlands, Soweto, ventured out from home, saying she was going to visit her beau in Florida, however her family never got notification from her after she left.

Gauteng police representative Capt Kay Makhubele affirmed that an instance of homicide was being explored and no captures have been made. He said nobody has been brought in to be interrogated at this stage.

Makhubele said Pule had cut injuries in the left bosom.

“The perished was found by an individual from the network swinging from a tree, who at that point advised the police. The expired is additionally affirmed to be pregnant. Suspects are obscure right now,” said Makhubele.

“The issue was first opened as an investigation yet it has been changed to kill.”

Many relatives and companions accumulated at Pule’s home in Soweto following her grisly homicide.

Despite the fact that the family said they couldn’t address Sowetan, a relative said Pule was most recently seen entering a Uber taxi that was required her by her beau on Thursday night.

He said Pule considered them that night, saying that she got into a battle with her beau and was returning home.

“She got into a battle with her beau and requested to leave. We took a stab at calling her soon thereafter yet we were unable to break through to her. We called again from Friday until Sunday yet her telephone was off.

“We had a go at calling the sweetheart and couldn’t contact him and that is the point at which we chose to open a missing individual’s case at Meadowlands [police station] on Sunday,” said the family member.

The relative said they likewise put out missing individual’s banners with Pule’s photos on them.

“Somebody reached us toward the beginning of the day [yesterday] and revealed to us he may have seen her. He demonstrated us an image of her and we realized it was her,” he said.

He said they at that point went to where the guest guided them to in Florida and they discovered Pule’s body.

“We can’t conjecture about what prompted her demise, yet we realize things were not well with her sweetheart. His better half likewise thought about Tshego and she was continually battling with her,” he said.

While outside Pule’s home, a video of the 28-year-old mother dangling from a tree surfaced via web-based networking media and came to those in the region.

Grievers separated when they saw her dormant body.

A neighbor, Karabo Makiri, said they were stunned by updates on her homicide. “She was such a beautiful young lady who consistently had a grin all over. She was benevolent yet minded her own business,” Makiri said.

– Sowetan