Gauteng Health seeks families of three Kempton Park victims

The Gauteng Health Department has urged families with missing loved ones to come forward as forensic teams work to identify three women found dead in Ekurhuleni.

The appeal relates to the five women whose bodies were discovered between July and September and was issued before police found another woman dead in KwaThema, Springs, on Tuesday morning.

Of those five women, families have identified two, while three remain unidentified.

The bodies were taken to the Germiston Forensic Pathology Service, where specialists are assisting with the identification process.

Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said families who believe a missing relative could be among the women should approach the facility.

“GDoH appeals to families who have reported loved ones missing and who may have reason to believe that their relative could be among the three unidentified deceased persons to approach the Germiston Forensic Pathology Service for assistance with the identification process.”

DNA analysis under way

Forensic teams have retrieved samples for DNA analysis to help establish the identities of the three women.

The Germiston facility is also conducting post-mortem examinations and providing forensic evidence to SAPS as detectives investigate the deaths.

SAPS remains responsible for establishing the circumstances surrounding the cases and whether any of them are linked.

Appeal for information

Mabona urged anyone with information that could assist the investigation to report it directly to police.

Police have not confirmed any link between the woman found in KwaThema on Tuesday and the five deaths covered by the Gauteng Health Department’s appeal.