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More body parts of murdered Karibib boy found


ERONGO police commander commissioner Nikolaus Kupembona has confirmed that the family of Adrian Myne Oswyn (6) has positively identified the body parts that were discovered on Tuesday and yesterday at Karibib as the little boy’s.

The family yesterday said they are now waiting for answers from the police on who is behind the gruesome murder and mutilation.

Family spokesperson Sydney Seibeb said: “We are just waiting on answers from the police.”

On Tuesday, legs and arms were discovered in a maize meal bag near a sewage dam.

Yesterday, a head and torso surfaced in the same dam.

The murder has sent shockwaves through the Karibib community.

Adrian’s disappearance was reported to the police on Friday, and the search, involving the police, family and community members, commenced immediately.

He went missing from the Harambee area at Karibib between his grandfather’s and mother’s homes.

Kupembona yesterday confirmed that the remains were identified by the family and that they belong to Adrian.

“It has been positively identified, but we still need to conduct a forensic confirmation through DNA,” he said.

The body parts discovered yesterday, according to Kupembona, were found in the sewage water.

“The body was 50% to 70% decomposed,” he said.

Seibeb said the family at this stage cannot plan the boy’s funeral, because they have to wait for the police to conclude their investigations.

He thanked the community that stood by them throughout the ordeal, especially the women.

Seibeb called on the community to desist from speculating about who the suspected killer is and to rather share information with the police to help speed up investigations.

Clarence Geingob, a neighbour of the boy’s grandmother, said it was the first time such a horrific thing happened in their community.

“It’s a shock to us to find a minor being cut up like that,” he said.

THE SEARCH TEAM

When no news of Adrian’s whereabouts was received, Geingob approached the family on Sunday to assist with intensifying the search.

“In my eyes, it seemed the search was too slow. But I obtained permission from the grandmother to call the police inspector and K9 services,” he said.

He said he joined the search as the father of children who also played with Adrian.

Geingob described the boy as a happy child.

“He was a small boy in my street, a neighbour’s child, who was like my own,” he said.

Geingob said the search was made easier by the assistance of sniffer dogs which led them to the sewage dam.

Adrian moved to Karibib earlier this year from the north, where he was staying with his father’s relatives.

At the time of his disappearance, he was a Grade 0 pupil at Ebenhaeser Primary School at Karibib.





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