Facebook killer found hiding at grandmother’s house

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A 36 years old Helder Isidro is set to remain in police custody until October 15th, 2025 following his arrest on July 31st for the alleged murder of a 30 years old Loveness Magabe.

It is said that the two initially met on social media, Facebook and later on arranged for a meet up to spend some time together at a lodge on July 26th, 2025.

Isidro requested Uber for the deceased to take her from her residential area in Sunnyside but she started to panic seeing that they were not heading to the agreed place. She sent her friend a message to alert her about the situation at the time and expressed how uncomfortable she at the time and sent the friend a location and name of Isidro in case she does not contact her in the morning.

The friend headed to the police station the following day to report a missing persons case.

Upon arrival at the place, they could not find him, but later on found Magabe’s corpse in a shallow grave in the same residence at Eersterust. He was later on located at his grandmother’s house in Limpopo on August 4th.

In a separate matter, the accused is also facing a rape charge and is scheduled to appear in Court 04 on the same date, 15 October 2025.