Police Search For Two Fugitives Accused Of Murdering Former High Jump Star Jacques Freitag

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Police Search For Two Fugitives Accused Of Murdering Former High Jump Star Jacques Freitag
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The police have found the two people connected to former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag ’s murder. They have now shared the photos of the two and have obtained arrest warrants, believing that Chantelle Oosthuizen and Rudie Lubbe are on the run from the law following the discovery of Freitag’s body. Following an exhaustive search and public appeals for information, police discovered the 42-year-old's bullet-riddled body in a field near Zandfontein Cemetery in Pretoria last week.

Freitag is alleged to have been offered R60,000 for ‘a job’ by the unknown man who picked him up, but Netwerk24 reported that he was only paid R6,000 at the time of his disappearance because he “failed to do the job properly”. Freitag sought help for his years-long battle against drug and alcohol addiction at the Breakthrough Wellness Centre in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, in July 2023. “I am a druggie. A recovering addict.

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