Free State Police have launched a manhunt after the bodies of two women were found in Theunissen over the weekend.
Police spokesperson Thandi Mbambo says the police were summoned to Le Roux Street in the early hours of Saturday.
Officers found the body of a half-naked woman with multiple injuries to her head and stomach.
Police attended to a second crime scene in Masilo, Theunissen, on Sunday.
The body of another half-naked woman with serious head injuries was discovered inside a toilet by children who were playing at an abandoned building.
It was in a state of decomposition.
It’s not clear at this stage if the two murders are linked and if the women were sexually assaulted.