A 26 year old man and his 29 year old ex girlfriend were foumd dead by community members in their corrugated Iron house in Ezimangweni on Saturday night (25 june 2022).
It is said that Community members contacted Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) around 6:24pm after they made the discovery. RUSA medics and officers were then dispatched to the scene.
On arrival medics entered the house and found the body of the male hanging by a nylon rope tied to a rafter and his ex girlfriend lying on the floor. She had multiple stab wounds to her chest and neck, medics then declared both of them dead as they shiwed no signs of life.
It is said that a letter written in Isizulu stipulating the reason for the murder and suicide was also found in the house, in the letter allegedly written by the male it is explained that the female was his ex girlfriend and mother of his child.
The letter further states that the female ended their relationship and he was unable to move on so he asked her to meet him at his house on Saturday afternoon where he murdered her before taking his own life. Their child was not present at the time of the incident.