Statement by:
Rick Crouch
Rick Crouch & Associates
Private Investigators & Digital Forensics
03 May 2017
Release: Immediate
Despite what the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Hawks say, the Senzo Meyiwa case can now be classified as a cold case.
A case is classified as a cold case when there are no new substantial leads and all previous leads have dried up and turned to nothing.
With a murder case, more than other types of crimes, you have a window of 48 hours in which to develop your leads and hopefully arrest a suspect. Every hour that passes after the first 48 makes it less likely that an arrest will be made and the case solved. The case in which Senzo Meyiwa was murdered has now dragged on for more than 2 years and 6 months which equates to approximately 22000 hours. Neither the police nor the Hawks have much chance of solving this murder. Especially when you consider a statement in April 2016 by acting national police commissioner, at the time, Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane, when he told Parliament that “there is a possible cover-up in the case”.
The problems with the case right from the beginning:
Unfortunately for the family the case is now cold and it will take investigators who specialize in cold cases to solve this case, because of the time that has passed it is going to take some specialized skill and a lot of time to now solve this cases, but with specialists it is possible.
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