{"id":2367,"date":"2026-10-11T18:19:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:19:35","slug":"mother-recounts-horrific-ordeal-after-alleged-rape-and-death-of-four-month-old-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2367","title":{"rendered":"MOTHER RECOUNTS HORRIFIC ORDEAL AFTER ALLEGED RAPE AND DEATH OF FOUR-MONTH-OLD BABY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DIEPSLOOT<\/strong> \u2013 The 43-year-old mother whose four-month-old baby was found buried in a shallow grave near Hennops River has recounted her ordeal following the alleged rape and death of her child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an exclusive video interview with Diepsloot News on Sunday, 11 October, the mother detailed what allegedly happened when she accompanied a pastor and his wife to the Hennops River area near the R511 road for a ritual on Wednesday, 7 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her account comes days after police confirmed the arrest of the 36-year-old alleged pastor, who had been wanted in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police, the woman was allegedly raped and tied up before managing to free herself and seek help at a nearby construction site. Her baby was later found buried in a shallow grave after the pastor\u2019s 24-year-old wife allegedly led investigators to the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mother\u2019s account provides a personal perspective on the events surrounding the incident and the impact of the tragedy on her and her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the case, including the alleged pastor and his two wives. The pastor is expected to appear before the Atteridgeville Magistrates\u2019 Court on Monday, 12 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have opened cases of kidnapping, rape and murder, and investigations are continuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIEPSLOOT \u2013 The 43-year-old mother whose four-month-old baby was found buried in a shallow grave near Hennops River has recounted her ordeal following the alleged rape and death of her&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[208,248,138,26,68,157],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","tag-city-of-johannesburg","tag-crime-update","tag-diepsloot-community","tag-diepsloot-news","tag-gauteng-community-safety","tag-joburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions\/2369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}