By Katlego Sekhu
The Department of Correctional Service (DCS) has concluded that Thabo Bester the ‘Facebook Rapist’ escaped from prison following an investigation.
According to a statement shared, the Department of Correctional Services received a report in May of 2022 from the Mangaung Correctional Centre “indicating that offender Thabo Bester committed suicide by setting himself alight in his cell about 03h25.
“Recorded as unnatural death at the time, the “Standard Operating Procedures dictated that an investigation be launched and the incident be reported to the South Africa Police Service (SAPS).”
The conclusions are only an account of the Correctional Services as SAPS has not concluded its investigations.
A post-mortem on the body that” burnt beyond recognition” in a cell at Mangaung Correctional Centre, revealed that it was an “adult male with blunt force trauma to his head.”
The report further revealed that there were “no signs of smoke inhalation in the body” and uncovered that the “pancreas and the spleen in the body were in the early stages of decomposition.”
In addition to this, the DNA sequencing with a person identified to be the mother of Bester “failed to indicate a common ancestor or a match.”
Based on the above, a plausible conclusion means that the body referred to above “is not of Thabo Bester. “
Police have now launched a manhunt for Bester.
The DSC is appealing to the public to “assist with any information that may lead to the re-arrest of Bester. Such information should be provided to the nearest police station or correctional service facility.”
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