South African Convict, Thabo Bester AKA Facebook Rapist, Found Dead In His Cell

South African Convict, Thabo Bester AKA Facebook Rapist, Found Dead In His Cell

South African convict, Thabo Bester, known as the ‘Facebook r(pist’ has been found d€ad in his cell at the Mangaung prison in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

The convicted r*pist and m*rderer died on Tuesday May 3, according to Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo.

According to spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo, Bester’s body was discovered with burn wounds in his cell in the early hours of Tuesday.

“We have confirmed the untimely passing of an inmate by the name of Thabo Bester at Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein. This inmate was doing life imprisonment. He was discovered in his cell at about 3:35 on Tuesday morning. He suffered serious burn wounds,” Nxumalo told Newzroom Afrika on Tuesday evening.

The department has launched an investigation into the incident to establish what may have happened.

“This was not a natural d€ath, hence it has to be investigated. That particular correctional facility has an advanced technological system to a point that for anyone to even light a cigarette, they won’t won’t use a matchbox that many use on the streets but have certain devices that they would use, hence it’s important to establish the circumstances under which that fire started and what is it that may have been used. It’s also important to establish when the fire started. This is the only cell that had the fire.”

According to Nxumalo, officials recently visited the facility and found everything, including the fire systems functioning properly.

Bester was arrested in 2011 facing 30 charges including r*pe, k*dnapping, and m*rder. He used Facebook to lure aspiring models to meet him. He would then abduct and r*pe them.

He was first convicted of r*ping and robbing two aspirant models whom he had approached, pretending to be a model scout. In a separate trial, he was convicted of robbing and m*rdering a third woman, Nomfundo Tyhulu.

He claimed the two of them had been in a long-distance relationship and he k*lled her when she came to visit him, robbing her of her items and leaving her body in a Cape Town guest house.