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Mahikeng murder mystery: How police caught woman accused of killing niece for R3m life insurance

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Insiders have revealed how murder accused Agnes Segomotsi Setshwantsho was arrested.
Insiders have revealed how murder accused Agnes Segomotsi Setshwantsho was arrested.
Alfosno Nqunjana/News24

Top police investigator Sergeant Keshi Mabunda used the promise of a massive payout to lure an alleged insurance scam murderer into a trap.

News24 was reliably told by a source close to the investigation that Mabunda and his team had lured Segomotsi Agnes Setshwantsho to Gauteng, where she was arrested for the murder of her 30-year-old niece Bonolo Modiseemang. 

The 49-year-old Setshwantsho was told to come and sign forms at a company where she had allegedly insured one of her deceased children.

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