Alleged Facebook Killer Found Dead After Recording Harrowing Murder Confession

• Police have found the alleged murderer, who confessed to killing his lover and posted a now-viral video of his actions to Facebook
• The suspect, Sbusiso Lawrence Ntaka, according to his Facebook profile, was hanging from a tree after reportedly committing suicide
• Murder and inquest investigations are underway into the disturbing incident, which happened in Umzinto, an area outside Durban

UMZINTO — The man who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and uploaded a video to Facebook confessing to the killing has been found dead.

Police combing the area in Umzinto outside Durban found the suspected killer hanging from a tree, having reportedly committed suicide.

Facebook murderer found hanging

After launching a manhunt for him in the Malangeni area a day earlier, officers discovered his lifeless body on Wednesday morning, 18 December 2024.

In a harrowing Facebook post, the man, who, according to his Facebook profile, is Sbusiso Lawrence Ntaka, confessed to killing his girlfriend.

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In the clip, his face and T-shirt are covered in blood.

He later deleted the video from his page, leaving only a disturbing photo of the woman's lifeless body.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said police had responded to a reported murder on a gravel road in the Malangeni area.

On arrival, they found a 25-year-old woman lying in the middle of the road. Blood covered her body, and multiple stab wounds were visible on her neck.

Netshiunda said police located the suspected murder weapon, a broken knife, next to her body.

"The suspect had reportedly fetched the woman, his girlfriend, from her home [earlier]. They might have gotten into an argument, which escalated to murder," said Netshiunda.

"His vehicle [a white VW Polo] was found abandoned down the road from where the woman's body was found. Blood on the front passenger seat suggests he killed her inside the car."

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Netshiunda said a manhunt was launched, which led the police to the dead man, in what they are now treating as a suicide.

"Police are investigating a case of murder, and an inquest [into the man's death] will be opened for further investigation," added Netshiunda.

Man wanted for wife's murder found dead

In a related story, Briefly News reported that police launched an inquest probe after finding a man wanted for the murder of his wife hanging dead from a tree, allegedly after committing suicide, in Ntoane village, Dennilton, in Limpopo.

The 45-year-old, whose body police discovered on 28 November, came as law enforcement began their search for him after allegedly stabbing her to death.

Source: Briefly News