Key witness slain in grizzly Frederiksen case in South Africa

Thidi Matseliso Molise shot three times outside her house

Thidi Matseliso Molise, the key witness in the gruesome case against Peter Frederiksen, 63, has been shot dead outside her home in Lesotho.

Molise, 28, was due to testify against her former husband who stands accused of mutilating women and keeping the pieces taken from 21 female genitalia in his freezer in Bloemfontein.

The woman was shot three times yesterday by unidentified men after refusing to let the police in South Africa protect her in a safe house.

READ MORE: Danish “monster” arrested in South Africa

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It was Molise who informed the police on September 17 that Frederiksen had female genitalia, including her own, in his freezer

The police in Lesotho have yet to give a statement about the killing.




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