The body of a woman was today discovered around noon in a room of Caesar’s Palace at Delph Street, Campbellville.
The body is believed to be that of 27-year-old Amelia Ford, popularly known as ‘Skittle foot’ of Lot 18 Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust. The corpse was found with a slit throat.
Relatives, up to press time, were unable to identify the body which is being kept at the Lyken’s Funeral Home since they were required to be accompanied by a police officer. However, after being shown a photograph of Ford, a staff member of the hotel said it was the same woman.
According to reports, the woman left home sometime after midnight with some friends and her reputed husband, with whom she resides. The group went to a bar on Sheriff Street before Ford departed.
This newspaper was informed by the hotel’s receptionist that ‘Skittle foot’ along with a “thin-boned man”, who appeared to be in his 40s, booked the room at 1:55am. The man was said to have worn an orange jersey.
The woman related that the two were “joyful” upon entry and had returned to the desk some 15 minutes after check in to inquire about their remaining time, which was 12 hours.
The receptionist stated that the man left the hotel sometime between 3-3:30am and had told her he was leaving to purchase food but failed to return. She noted that no suspicious sounds were heard prior to his leaving.
At 1:45 pm, as a staffer made a check at the room to indicate that the check-out time was approaching; the woman was seen in her underwear with a sheet thrown over her head. Assuming that the woman was sleeping, the staff member left without “disturbing her”. She was later discovered dead.
