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Gauteng police will hold a media briefing on Thursday morning amid unconfirmed reports that a man has been arrested for the murder of Roodepoort schoolgirl Louise de Waal.

Gauteng police spokesman Lt-Col Tshisikhawe Ndou said the briefing was scheduled to take place at 8.30am at the Gauteng police's offices in Parktown, Johannesburg.

It was “with regard to the kidnapping case of a teenager at White Ridge in Florida yesterday 1/8Wednesday 3/8”.

According to an unsourced SABC radio news report on Thursday morning an arrest had been made, but Ndou would not confirm this.

According to Beeld newspaper, the police had been investigating a man in the Roodepoort area after finding De Waal's school bag in a car that matched the description her friend gave to police.

Ndou earlier said a grey Toyota Hilux bakkie, matching the description of the car used to abduct the teenager on Wednesday morning, had been found abandoned at a house in Florida, Roodepoort.

Beeld reported the man had been under investigation in the past for harassing schoolgirls in the Roodepoort area.

Police were still waiting for DNA results to confirm that a burnt body, found on a farm in Magaliesburg on Wednesday afternoon, was De Waal's. Her family was however widely quoted in the media on Thursday as saying the 17-year-old Hoërskool Die Burger pupil's body had been identified by a belly ring and earrings.

According to The Times, Missing Children SA updated its website about De Waal's abduction, saying “Found deceased”.

Her mother, Shireen de Waal, speculated to Beeld about her daughter's modelling pictures, saying she wondered if she had posted them on social networking site Facebook.

“Louise was never violent, she never felt hatred for anyone, she's my angel. I truly believe she's a spirited child who God has touched,” Shireen de Waal told The Star.

On Wednesday morning, a bakkie pulled up alongside two girls walking on the corner of Rina and Herman streets in White Ridge around 7am.

“A man got out and ordered the teenager into the vehicle. When the girl refused, he pointed a firearm at her until she complied,” Ndou said.

The other girl, Natasha Gordon, ran away and the bakkie sped off with her friend. - Sapa