The trial of a man charged with the rape and murder of his 18-year-old stepdaughter will start in the High Court on Wednesday. The alleged crimes were committed in September 2013 in the Mariental District. The 52-year-old David Kido was arrested in September that year at Farm Jakkalsfontein in the Hardap Region, following the death of his stepdaughter, Izelda Kock. Kido allegedly raped and killed the young girl and shoved her remains into an aardvark burrow before reporting her as missing to the police. Nampa reports that the girl was sent to Kido by her mother to help him with household chores, because she had recently given birth and could therefore not do the chores. It is alleged that Kido reported the young girl missing to the police in efforts to cover his tracks and also went to see a local witch doctor in the area. The witch doctor, however, informed police officers at Mariental about the visit of a man who was looking for help to cover up a murder. Kido remains in police custody at the Windhoek Correctional Facility until the start of the trial.