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Klerksdorp - South-Africa.
A Great Grandmother (81) was murdered Wednesday in the house her
husband bought two decades ago .
Mrs. Mollie Opperman's corpse was discoverd Thursday evening , after a
concerned neighbour phoned her son Fanie , he asked her to
investigate.
Only a TV-set , handbag and keys are missing ; said Inspector Adèle
Myburgh police spokesperson. The burglar-proofing bars are bent at a
lounge window to gain access to the house.
Opperman laid on her stomach on her bed , hands behind the back when
she was found. Her head was in the pillow with a bloodstain at her
mouth. She was covered with bedding. She was probably suffocated , her
son Fanie said.
"Why did they kill her ? She was old. Couldn't they just blindfolded
and locked her into the room ? She was a small frail old lady."
Myburgh said an autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death.
Mrs. Ribeiro , Mrs. Opperman's neighbour said she saw the old lady
Wednesday afternoon in her garden , watering it.
Ribeiro for the first time suspected something wrong Thursday morning
late , when a member of Opperman's church wanted to deliver soup.
Opperman didn't answer the door.
"If it wasn't for the church , we still wouldn't have found her . I
walked out and peeked over the wall , I saw her outside light still
burning. She switched it off every morning."
At 20h00 Thursday Ribeiro's concern got the best of them , she phoned
Fanie Opperman to ask if he knew where his mother is. He said she
should be at home , can they please investigate.
"My son knocked on her bedroom window with no result. He then saw the
bent burglar bars at the lounge" The Police was summoned.
According to Ribeiro , Opperman always said "The Lord is with me , I'm
not alone " when she was asked if she's not afraid to live alone.
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