Police are likely to approach the Bloemfontein magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for an order to bury Paul Meintjes, whose family was told by a ”prophet” that he would rise from the dead.
By Monday evening, the family had not met their deadline to contact the police with funeral arrangements, said Free State police spokesperson Captain Sam Makhele.
As a result, police were expected to approach the court for an order for a pauper’s funeral shortly after 9am.
Police took the corpse away from Meintjes’ family on Saturday amid concerns that it posed a health hazard.
The remains were returned to the family after being kept at a funeral home for about 50 days.
Meintjes’ widow then kept it beside her bed in her home in Hertzogville.
A ”prophet” predicted Meintjes’ resurrection shortly after his death, about eight weeks ago. – Sapa