A Cambodian farmer and his
son have been charged for beheading a woman and her 6-year-old granddaughter
whose bodies were found in a forest, authorities said on Friday.
The Kampong Cham Provincial
Court charged the two men with murder with aggravating circumstances on
Thursday, said James McCabe, operations director of the Child Protection Unit
(CPU), a police division supported by the non-governmental Cambodian Children’s
Fund.
“The accused father, who is
in his 60s, and the 35-year-old son were known to the victims and they lived in
the same commune,” McCabe told dpa.
Report says they face up to
30 years in prison if convicted.
The headless bodies of the
65-year-old woman and her granddaughter were found in a forest about 350 metres
from their home in the central province of Kampong Cham on April 3.
McCabe said they had been
reported missing about 24 hours prior.
Recently, McCabe said four
individuals were answering questions from a task force comprised of the CPU,
national and local police officers and a visiting Australian forensic
pathologist.
“The father and son, who
farm cashews and bananas in the area, were two of the four people assisting the
police with their inquiries,” McCabe added.
He did not share a motive
or if police were seeking additional suspects.
McCabe was asked whether the
victims’ heads had been found, said: “The investigation is on-going in regards
to evidence gathering.”
The accused were being held
in the provincial prison.
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