The police have not identified any suspect in their search for the killers of Cape theatre personality Taliep Petersen, spokesperson Superintendent Billy Jones said on Wednesday.
Detectives were, however, following a number of leads, he said.
He was commenting after a media report that investigators on Tuesday questioned Petersen’s wife Najwa and stepson Achmat Gameldien for a second day in succession.
Jones said the detectives’ visit on Tuesday was ”normal procedure” to clarify aspects of the family’s initial statements.
He said people were often able to give a clearer version of events a few days after an incident, when the initial trauma had subsided.
”At this stage no-one has been identified as a suspect,” he said.
The case was being handled by provincial, rather than station-level, detectives. The provincial detectives, based in Bellville, had been assigned to the case from the beginning.
Petersen, best known for musicals that evoked the spirit of Cape Town’s District Six, was shot dead at his Athlone, Cape Town, home on Saturday night by men who robbed other family members of cellphones, watches and other small items before locking them inside their bedrooms.
Petersen was then allegedly taken to the living room where he was bound with cable ties and shot. — Sapa