“IF ONLY she had left the kids with me, they would still be alive!”
These were the words of a grieving gogo in Stinkwater, northern Tshwane.
This after her two great-grandkids were found dead in a house in Eersterust. The two-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl were found in bed by their dad on Sunday.
They were covered with a blanket as if they were sleeping. The gogo said a crushed mirror, rat killer and a box of wine were found at the scene at the dad’s other house. Police are now looking for their missing 27-year-old mum.
“She has been having problems with their father for the past two years,” said the gogo.
She said when the mum fell pregnant two years ago, she tried to commit suicide by drinking poison, but didn’t die.
“I saw that she wasn’t coping and took the kids from her last year.
“They were fine and happy until early this year when she took them to live with her again.”
Police spokesman Captain Samuel Sebola said the dad told cops that he last spoke to the mum on Saturday. She had allegedly told him she was calling from Limpopo.
“Neighbours said they last saw her on Saturday,” he said.
Sebola said a double murder case had been opened.
