What is publicly known, in one place

Since 15 July, the bodies of 7 women have been found on roadsides, in open veld and in a river in Ekurhuleni, most of them near Rhodesfield, next to OR Tambo airport. This site holds every published fact about those discoveries, each tied to its source.

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Where the women were found

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Numbers follow the police count. Pins are neighbourhood-level, not exact. Amber zones are areas with more than one discovery. Full map, hotspots and reported hazards →

Latest

15 September case
Police count rises to seven: a woman found in a river in Clayville on 7 September is added to the investigation
15 September case
Post-mortems: four of the five women found by 14 September had been sexually assaulted, SAPS says; three bodies still unidentified
15 September case
'One suspect or a group of men': police ask for patience as the President, the Minister and the Mayor step in

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Latest headlines automatic

Pulled from Google News every 15 minutes. These are the outlets' own headlines, not checked by this site. Verified facts go into Updates once a moderator has read the source.

Parents fear worst after seventh woman found dead in Ekurhuleni Scrolla.Africa · 14 min ago
Runners honour women killed as Ekurhuleni probe widens Mail & Guardian · 23 min ago
High-level police meeting called as seven women killed in Ekurhuleni Jacaranda FM · 29 min ago
Seventh woman’s body found in Ekurhuleni as police confirm link to serial murder probe The Citizen · 54 min ago
"We are on number 7 now": South Africans fear Ekurhuleni serial killer Briefly News · 1 h ago
Body of seventh woman found in Ekurhuleni eNCA · 1 h ago

The case at a glance

women found (police count)

found within ~3 km of Rhodesfield

deaths SAPS has formally linked

published sources on file

Where the investigation stands: Active SAPS investigation; police count seven women as of 15 September. SAPS says it is 'still not yet there' on whether one person or a group is responsible, and has asked for patience while DNA and post-mortem work is done. One person is in custody for the July death.

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