Her kidnapping gripped the nation. But dramatic details that emerged in the days after 6-year-old Amy'Leigh de Jager was found, revealed a shocking twist in the case.
News24 pieced together a timeline of events from the moment the Grade R pupil was snatched outside her school in Vanderbijlpark.
This is what we know so far.
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