Niël Terblanché
THE Namibian Police are involved in several investigations to determine the deaths of five people, whose bodies were discovered by members of different communities over the past weekend.
There was, however one instance where a man was found unconscious in his vehicle but who died shortly after being taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
According to the weekend serious crime bulletin provided by the Public Relations Division of the Namibian Police, The person that was found in his vehicle on Friday afternoon, was later identified as the 48-year-old Henock Amunyela.
The incident report states that members of the community in the Olukonda Village saw that he was unconscious and upon trying to wake him up they discovered that he was in need of medical attention. He was taken to the hospital at Onandjokwe where he was declared dead upon arrival.
Police officers in the Elim Constituency have also registered an inquest into the death of the 38-year-old Kleopas Amagulu whose body was found floating in a water stream near the Omundjalala Village on Saturday evening.
According to the incident report, children that were out in the field to herd animals found the body and it is believed that Amugulu drowned while he was fishing.
“Fishing nets were found near the spot where the body was discovered,’ the incident report states.
The actual cause of death will be determined by a post mortem examination which will determine how the investigation into Amugulu’s death will proceed.
Another incident of unnatural death currently under investigation is the tragic drowning of the 14-year-old Clive Hevita at Independence beach in Walvis Bay on Saturday afternoon.
Hevita’s friends, who saw him disappearing under the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, only reported the tragedy to his parents about four hours after he drowned.
An autopsy will also be performed to determine the boy’s actual cause of death.
Early on Saturday morning, the family of the 49-year-old Isaak Rooi found his body in his bedroom in a house in the Soetdoringlaagte location of Stampriet.
When the family reported the death to the Namibian Police they said that he had fallen sick a few days before.
The actual cause of his death will also be determined by an autopsy.
The police at Onayena have registered an inquest after the body of the 55-year-old Katrina Johannes was also found in her bedroom by members of her family.
She was also reported to be sick before she passed away and a post mortem examination will be performed to determine her actual cause of death.
At Okangwati an inquest was registered after the decomposed body of the 37–year-old Rivanganavi Tjiumawas discovered in the bushes near his house.
According to the incident report, the deceased person’s neighbours were alerted to the body’s presence in the bushes by dogs that were fighting over his decaying flesh.
The cause of death also still needs to be determined in order for the detectives to proceed with the investigation.
