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- A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death, allegedly by her husband, while driving in Cape Town.
- Her little boy was in the car when she was killed.
- The girl was handed over to her maternal grandmother and the father was arrested.
A 35-year-old woman, who was reportedly stabbed by her husband while driving in Cape Town, died in front of her son.
Miche Samuels died at the scene on the M5 motorway near Ottery on Thursday.
Since then, the 39-year-old man has been arrested and charged with his murder.
Police spokesman Captain FC Van Wyk said the girl had been handed over to the maternal grandmother on Thursday.
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A team of social workers from the provincial department of social development would be making a home visit on Friday to provide the necessary social services, said Joshua Chigome, MEC Sharna Fernández social development spokesperson.
“The department sent a team of social workers to the scene, but SAPS was conducting its investigation at the time,” he said.
According to the Daily Voice, Samuels’ family arrived at the scene, where they found her dead in her red Fiat Palio. She had been stabbed several times in the chest; her one-year-old daughter was sitting in the back seat.
Witnesses persecuted the Bangladeshi citizen when he allegedly tried to escape, the publication was reported.
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They then put him in a police car. The knife was reportedly found on a sports field. Divorce papers were said to have been found in the trunk of Samuels’ vehicle.
Apparently the husband had called Samuels’s mother to tell her that her daughter was “between life and death.” He told her where they were, the stepfather, Daniel Beck, told the newspaper.
The couple had been married for seven years and had three children.
According to Beck, Samuels’ husband, who wanted his family to move with him to his home country, was “very jealous.” He had also been struggling to find work.
Van Wyk confirmed the man was expected at Wynberg Magistrates Court on Monday.
