Boipelo Senoge’s father relieved daughter’s body has been found

The father of Boipelo Senoge, one of the three deceased police officers from Bloemfontein, has expressed relief that his daughter’s body has been found.

Senoge’s remains were among the five bodies discovered at the Hennops River in Centurion.

She went missing last week along with her two colleagues while travelling from Bloemfontein to Limpopo on deployment.

Their car – a VW Polo was last spotted on camera at the Brakfontein interchange on the N1, driving north, which led the police to search the Hennops River.

Senoge’s father says all he wished for was to find his child’s body.

“It’s painful looking for someone who is far from you, not knowing where they are. So, I am just relieved that I found my child’s body. Now, I know where her body is and we can lay her to rest. That’s what matters, that I found her body; so, I’m relieved,” says the father.

“Boipelo was a darling to me. She was my friend. We were really close. And we used to communicate. Whenever she was traveling, she would always update me about her journey. I’m relieved. The police did their work. They found what we were looking which is my child’s body,” he adds.

Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says the search is continuing for the missing VW Polo in which three police officers were travelling after their bodies were found at the Hennops River.

Family members of the missing officers identified them at the Tshwane Mortuary in Gauteng. The three were en route from Bloemfontein to Polokwane where they were posted under operation Vala Umgodi.

Masemola says two other bodies were also retrieved, one being a police clerk and the other body being in a state of decomposition.

“The search is still continuing as we have not yet found their vehicle. We do not want to speculate at this stage. We have partially some closure in that we have found four members and the investigation will indicate as to what has happened. But a we do not want to jump into conclusions. But at this stage, we can say we have seen where the vehicle went into the river” Masemola says.

#sapsHQ [UPDATE] Speaker notes by the National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola: update on #missing SAPS members. Three of the five bodies discovered in the Hennops River in Centurion are those of our constables who were reported missing. The bodies of Constables… pic.twitter.com/S2GZR2WOZx

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