South African authorities seek potential serial killer after nine women found dead east of Johannesburg

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Officials in Johannesburg, South Africa, fear that a potential serial killer could be behind the murder of multiple women found killed in the same municipality.

The body of an unidentified woman was found Thursday morning near a building site in the Ekurhuleni municipality of East Rand, believed to be approximately 30 years old. It was the ninth female corpse found in the area in two months.

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