BATHO Mpholo has made shocking claims.
Mpholo said that the burnt body that was found in convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester was that of his son.
He told Daily Sun on Saturday night, April 22 that his son, Katlego Bereng (31), went missing in April last year.
He said Katlego's mother received a call from the police last week, saying they would like to conduct a DNA test in connection with her missing son.
He said the samples were taken and sent to Pretoria for analysis.
Mpholo said they received another call on Friday informing them that the tests were not properly conducted and that the forensics would come to where the mum was staying in Ipopeng in Bloemfontein to redo the tests.
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"That is when I received a call that there was a positive identification but with no details to say which body and where it was," he said.
He said they received the scary call on Saturday morning that the results were positive.
"They said that the DNA test that were done against the alleged body that was burnt by Thabo Bester inside Mangaung prison was that of my son," said Mpholo.
He said the family was told that Katlego overdosed on drugs and he collapsed in town in Bloemfontein.
He said they were told that an ambulance was called and took him to the hospital because he had low blood.
"That's where he passed on, we are told. They say they took him to a government mortuary. My brother, to tell you the honest truth, no one will tell the truth because what we got is not the truth,"
— Batho Mpholo
He said Katlego was a Bloemfontein Celtic supporter and a branch deputy chairman.
"If he was roaming around the streets he could have easily been identified because I posted him on social media when he went missing. I'm sure that within five minutes someone would have spotted him," said the distraught father.
He said the family wishes to get a lawyer to help them uncover the truth about their son's death.
