Police have arrested a Mitchells Plain teenager for the murder of Western Cape magistrate Romay van Rooyen.
Van Rooyen’s body was found on September 10, in her home in Red Roman Street, Marina Da Gama.
The 50-year-old, who was laid to rest this past Saturday, was strangled to death, according to police sources.
The motive for her murder is still unknown. The Hawks’ colonel Katlego Mogale said an 18-year-old suspect is set to appear in the Muizenberg Magistrate’s Court tomorrow, following his arrest yesterday.
Arrested
“The suspect was traced and arrested at his home in Mitchells Plain in a multi-disciplinary operation, comprising of the Hawks’ Crimes Against the State, National Priority Violent Crime Investigation, Digital Forensic Investigation and Priority Crime Management Centre,” Mogale said.
“It is reported that a search…
