{"id":41498,"date":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=9830de9de49d05e8f058f3b1afa007b7"},"modified":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","slug":"inquest-opened-following-the-discovery-of-a-body-in-a-dam-in-bronville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/inquest-opened-following-the-discovery-of-a-body-in-a-dam-in-bronville\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquest opened following the discovery of a body in a dam in Bronville"},"content":{"rendered":"
FREE STATE – The Police at Bronville are requesting the public to assist in identifying the body of an unknown African male that was found floating in a dam near Winnie Park in Bronville on Saturday, the 9 April 2022.<\/p>\n
The Police were summoned to the scene by members of the community after noticing the body in a dam. Upon arrival, the scene was cordoned and SAPS Diving Unit members were also summoned to the scene and managed to successfully retrieve the body from the water.<\/p>\n
Medical Services Personnel were summoned and the African male was found suspected to have drowned and was certified dead. There were no visible injuries on the body. A case of Inquest has been registered for further investigation.<\/p>\n
The deceased is an African male who could be between 38 and 42 years old. The body was already in a decomposed state. The deceased was wearing a blue Jean trouser, a brown t-shirt and could be 1, 7 meters tall. The body is still in Welkom Government Mortuary and is yet to be identified.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South Africa Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FREE STATE – The Police at Bronville are requesting the public to assist in identifying the body of an unknown African male that was found floating in a dam near Winnie Park in Bronville on Saturday, the 9 April 2022.The Police were summoned to the sce…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n