MURRAYSBURG NEWS - Jan Bam (77) was sentenced in the Oudtshoorn Regional Court to 15 years direct imprisonment on Tuesday 4 October following the murder of 26-year-old Elsie Cornelia Fritz in November 2018 in Murraysburg.
The body of the deceased was found in a hole in the ground in an open field in an advanced stage of decomposition.
The autopsy confirmed that the deceased died due to multiple stab wounds to the right side of her neck.
Attempts by the investigation officer to trace the family led to the identification of the deceased.
An investigation by detective constable Federick Macpherson, assisted by information from the community, led to the arrest of Bam at his house in Murraysburg.
Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile, welcomed the sentence.
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