Staff Reporter.
SA Police Services in Gauteng have arrested the suspected murderer of Johannesburg teacher Kirsten Kluyts in the Parkmore suburb of Johannesburg.
The suspect was arrested in Parkmore on Sunday.
Kluyts was raped and killed on the 29th of October while jogging at George Lea Park in Parkmore.
Her body was found off the running track in a secluded area at the Sandton Sports Club after police scoured footage from CCTV cameras dotted around the Sandton Sports Club and the gated community where she died.
Police spokesperson Brenda Muridili says the arrest follows an investigation by detectives and the cooperation by 24/7 Security Management.
The suspect is a 21-year-old student at a Sandton tertiary institution.
Muridili said he was arrested at a students’ residence.
“The suspect will be charged with murder and he will appear before court soon,” she said.
The Provincial Commissioner of the Police in Gauteng, Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela commended Sandton’s team of detectives that cracked the murder case.
Compiled by Lehlohonolo Lehana.