WHAT happened behind closed doors?
Police are hunting for two women who were reportedly the last people seen with a man who was later found dead inside a guesthouse room in Spruitview, Ekurhuleni.
The shocking incident happened on Sunday, 9 August, at about 4.30pm.
Police spokesman Sergeant Maxwell Mabunda said a man had allegedly entered a room with the two unidentified women.
But when a friend later went to check on him, he was found unresponsive on the bed.
“The friend became alarmed when he couldn’t wake him. The two women had reportedly already left the room unnoticed,” said Mabunda.
Police are now trying to piece together the final moments of the man’s life and establish what happened inside the room before his death.
A police officer cordons off the crime scene where a man was found dead at a Vosloorus guesthouse on Sunday morning, 9 August.
Mabunda said there were allegations that the man could have been drugged or given an unknown substance.
However, he stressed that this had not been confirmed and the exact cause of death was still unknown.
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“The two women are sought to assist the police in establishing what happened inside that room before the man’s death,” he said.
Katlehong police have opened an inquest docket as detectives continue probing circumstances surrounding the death.
Police are appealing to anyone who may know the identity or whereabouts of the two women, or has information that could help investigators, to come forward.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police on 10111 or 112.