A police spokesperson in Port Nolloth, Renique De Wee, confirms to OFM News that the body of Liam Cloete, who went missing on Tuesday afternoon, was retrieved by the Sea Rescue Upington and Kimberley police units. His body was found at the sewage dams near Sizamile in Port Nolloth Wednesday afternoon. 

According to the police, his mother reported the boy missing on Tuesday after he was last seen at sewage dams in that area. The police in that area are investigating an inquest following the discovery of Cloete's body.

According to the mother of the deceased, the boy was playing with his friends near his house before he went missing. Before he went missing he is said to have gone home for a water break.

Following his disappearance, the Port Nolloth police roped in various stakeholders including the department of social development in the search for the toddler. 

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