Police in Umkomaas are investigating two counts of murder and an inquest docket after a 24-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 22-year-old girlfriend and their three-year-old boy to death before taking his own life, in the Danganya area of Umgababa.
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KZN Saps spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said that the bodies were recovered on Friday morning.
The incident was suspected or have happened late on Thursday night or in the early hours of Friday.
“When police arrived at the scene, the body of the woman and her child were found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds.
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“The suspect was found hanging from the roof inside the house. Their identity documents were found placed on top of the bed,” he said.