Extract from the Roodepoort Record:

"• Baby Deon's mother returns from work on the evening of 11 June and finds the boy dead in his cot. He allegedly suffered a fractured skull, broken bones and burns.

• Before she can ask Pelser what happened he flees in her vehicle.

• The community is shocked by a Facebook post by Pelser on the night before the baby’s death that read “Do not push a man to violence, who has been looking for an excuse to use it”.

• Detectives tirelessly work around the clock following up leads after appealing to the public for help.

• After five days on the run Pelser’s vehicle is spotted by a resident, Nicoli Roscher, on the side of Christiaan de Wet Road. Minutes afterwards she sees Pelser in Wilhelmina Avenue. Roscher, a Record journalist and the police rush to the scene. A barefoot Pelser, wearing only a windbreaker and shorts is arrested."

We as a community are opposed to the granting of bail to any suspect in the case of baby Deon.