Cape Town Family Distraught After Chilling and Cruel Facebook Message Leads to Discovery of Son’s Body
- A Cape Town family’ found out about their loved one's death in the most heartbreaking way
- The Arendse family’s ordeal was sparked by a cruel and cryptic message on Facebook
- Llewellyn Arendse’s body was discovered in a broken down and abandoned in Scottsville, Kraaifontein
CAPE TOWN - When a Cape Town family received a chilling message on Facebook, they never expected that it would leave them to the body of their 24-year-old son.
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This is the horrifying reality of the Arendse family, who discovered Llewellyn's lifeless body in the passenger seat of an abandoned and run-down BMW on Sunday, 13 August, IOL reported.
Cruel Facebook message leads to discovery of body
The Arendse family received a Facebook message from an unknown person stating that a present was waiting for them in the broken-down car on the corner of Malva and Dahlia Street in Scottsville, Kraaifontein.
The family went to the car, pulled back the black tarp and was greeted by a heartbreaking and gruesome scene. Llewellyn was lying there with a gunshot wound to the face in the cigarette lighter in his hand, The Daily Voice reported.
Cape Town mother heartbroken over son’s murder
The 24-year-old’s mother is struggling to come to terms with her son's death. Lizma Arendse said she was taken aback by the brutality of her son's murder. She described Llewellyn as a helpful man who always assisted people with odd jobs and was never naughty.
Heartbroken mother recounted the last evening she spent with her son. Lizma said that Llewellyn asked her for forgiveness for anything he had done wrong.
Lizma added:
“He probably had a premonition that he was going to die.”
While police have opened an investigation into the murder, the motive is still unclear. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swaartbooi said unknown suspects fled the scene, and arrests have yet to be made.
Boyfriend arrested for brutal murder of his girlfriend 4 months later, body found in burning Mercedes Benz
In another story, Briefly News reported a man was arrested for the brutal murder of his 26-year-old girlfriend, Mahlaku Malebo Rabalao. Rabalao was a young mom who worked as an IT specialist in Centurion, Pretoria.
The man was nabbed in KwaZulu-Natal four months after the murder was committed.
Rabalao's body was found on 7 March in Midrand. Her lifeless body was set alight in her Mercedes Benz.
