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A 24-year-old man from the Free State is set to face Hertzogville Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder, following the discovery of his four-year-old stepson's lifeless body. According to the provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Thabo Covane, the suspect was apprehended on Monday, August 10, after the toddler was found wrapped in blankets and curtains at the Old Cemetery in Malebogo, a township near Hertzogville.

The toddler's body exhibited severe head injuries. Local Criminal Record Centre experts were called upon to process the crime scene. The boy's identity was confirmed, and the police retrieved bloodstained items and clothing presumed to belong to the deceased.

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