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For the past 18 months the DNA sample that could probably identify the man who raped a five-year-old, bludgeoned her to death with a stone and left her slumped over a broken toilet, has been left untested in a police laboratory. The suspect, who was out on bail for another rape case, has, in the meanwhile, disappeared.
Veronica Makwena and her son in Rocklands, Port Elizabeth. (Photo: Mike Holmes)
Chantelle Makwena’s mother, Veronica, called her “my pink girlie”.
After waiting for six weeks in vain for the police to arrest the man, who was last seen with her daughter, Veronica and two others attacked him and attempted to cut off his penis.