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Bfn police discover partially decomposed body of unidentified man─── 15:49 Mon, 05 Dec 2016
Bloemfontein - The Police at Navalsig in Bloemfontein have urged the families that have a missing relative to come forward after they had discovered a partially decomposed body of an unknown man in Rudolph Greyling Road in Hilton area.
The gruesome discovery was made on Sunday morning, 4 December, at around 07:45 by an employee of who works at a logistics company nearby where the body was found.
The person discovered the body as they were driving past the area and the corpse was found lying under a tree next to the road.
He was wearing a blue T-shirt, grey trousers and white sneakers. The deceased is estimated to be a man in his late forties.
According to preliminary investigation on the scene, it appear as if the deceased died of natural causes two days ago as there were no visible injuries on his body.
A post mortem will, however, be done to determine the exact cause of death.
Police have opened an inquest case and requested anyone with information or any family that has reported a missing person within the past few days to contact the investigating officer, Detective Captain Thapelo Motseki, on 082 467 6348.
Statement issued
