A MAN suspected of murdering his lover’s three-year-old son over the weekend has been handed over to police. The suspect’s brother found him hiding in a mealie field at Rietfontein 7 farm, 30km from Lydenburg, where both of them work. Provincial police spokeswoman Inspector Olga Marais said the suspect was taken to the farmer, who was not identified, and police were called to arrest him. The suspect allegedly beat little Bancho Malepe to death over a three-day period that ended on Monday morning.