Police find child's body in Cape dam

11 May 2015 - 02:12 By Staff reporter

The body of a small unidentified child was found floating in a dam in Kraaifontein, Western Cape, late on Saturday afternoon. The clothes of the deceased child match those of a boy described in a missing person case that was filed last week, police said. The four-year-old went missing from a park near his home in Wallacedene. The police do not want to speculate on the identity of the child or the circumstances surrounding his death until further investigations have been concluded. An inquest has been opened.There have been no further developments in the search for six-year-old Shasha-Lee November, of Hanover Park, who went missing last Sunday. ..

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