GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - The murder of a young mother of three, Charmaine Oelf, last week has left the small community of Bergvallei on the outskirts of Karatara reeling.
According to Southern Cape police spokesperson Sgt Chris Spies, Oelf's body was found by a member of the community on Saturday morning.
"Preliminary investigations indicate that the half-naked body of the victim was found by a member of the public on Saturday 18 September at about 11:45. She was later declared dead by paramedics on scene," Spies said.
He added that the motive behind her killing is unknown and forms part of the ongoing investigation. Oelf's brother-in-law said he believed she had a wound at the back of her head, which Spies confirmed.
Spies did however state that following the autopsy on Mon-day 20 September, the cause of death was determined to have been strangulation, and the case is therefore being treated as a murder.
Read more on sister publication, Knysna-Plett Herald.
Police crime scene tape on a fence where access was blocked off to the spot where Oelf's body was found. Photo: Blake Linder
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