Leigh Matthews was turning 21 in 2004 when the big case occurred. It was the night of her 21st birthday and the theme was pirates of the Caribbean. Leigh Matthews was Studying at Bonds University where she was kidnapped.
Her mom received a call saying they had her daughter and wanted money if the family had any chance of seeing their daughter again. The Mom at first thought it was part of the theme and played along until she realized that it wasn't a joke. Her mom fell into a fat panic but couldn't tell anyone as they told her not to else they daughter would die. They hired private investigators and got up a sum of money to give to the guy as they received frequent calls. The dad had then drove along the N1 and had accidently gone the wrong way while trying to drop off the money, the guy called him and started going off at him then towards the end, he gave him new directions to follow which meant that he was from around the area.
When the money was dropped off, they expected to get a call around 1 that next morning to see where the guy was going to drop off his daughter. After 2-3 days had passed, the family started to realize that they weren't going to get a call back from him and they started then to half accept that their daughter was gone for good.
Many investigations went about and the news was finally made public which caused a big commotion all over South Africa. For those of you who don't know Bonds university, its changed now to Vega. (Just btw =) )
Then one day, a frantic phone call comes in from a guy that was cutting crops and plants in a field where he stumbled onto a body which later on was identified to be Leigh Matthews body.
She had been raped, shot 4 times and then dumped in a field naked.
Everyone who was in the investigation and involved in the case were furious and outraged because they had some of their finest people on the case and they still didn't find Leigh Matthews alive.
With new technology, the people were able to track down signals of Leigh Matthews phone and where it was used. They were also able to identify a male indian as the kidnapper who was caught off guard when the dad had taken the wrong turn and he had to phone him to give new directions.
They then asked Vodacom to track down the phone records of the Indian guys that used a phone in the same area as Leigh Matthews phone which led to this man
Donovan Moodley.
He had told the police when they finally arrested him that he had been expecting them and why did it take so long to get him.
In SA uncovered crimes, they basically quit it here and divided it into 2 episodes so if you want to watch it, you really must. In the second one its his confession about how he did it. With every little detail involved as well as why and how it went about.
So this is the main story going around. Thought I would fill you in :) Let you know because its quite interesting as you hear from like everyones side.
So check it out.
Else ill post again on part 2
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