A suspect has been arrested for the Murder of Trainee Pilot Iman Tshakeni (20) whose partially naked body was recovered on a farm in Canelands – KZN on the night of July 16, 2024.
Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was called out to the scene on the same night and Reaction Officers reported details to the Operations Center. The discovery focusing on the females pink hair and clothing were circulated and she was identified within hours by a family member from Eastern Cape who had been trying to contact her telephonically in Kwazulu Natal for several days without success.
The suspect was tracked down and arrested by Detective Warrant Officer Pravin Seebaluka and a team from SAPS Sydenham. A Ford Ranger used by the suspect to transport Tshakeni from a tavern in the vicinity of Reservoir Hills and a VW Golf used to dump her body were located by the detectives.
According to information received, Inam Tshakeni was at a tavern near her student residence. The tavern was situated in an informal settlement in close proximity of the Clare Estate Crematorium. Tshakeni was in the company of two known male friends when an unknown male befriended her.
She is believed to have driven the suspects bakkie, dropping of her two male friends at their homes before accompanying the man to an unknown location. It is believed that her hands were bound before she was raped and then killed by strangulation.
The suspect then loaded her body into the boot of his VW Golf and dumped the deceased on the farm in Canelands – KZN the next day after dropping off a colleague at work.
Tshakeni was a trainee Fixed Wing Pilot at Virginia Airport in KZN.
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– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) July 29, 2024
