RIP: The body of Asanda Mkhize who was kidnapped was sadly found floating in the sea

Clermont, whose body was found floating in the sea at Umhlanga Bronze. Picture: SENT”/>Asanda Mkhize of Clermont, whose body was found floating in the sea at Umhlanga Bronze. Picture: SENT

THE mother of a child abducted outside the school gate in Clermont was shocked to find his body floating in the sea in Umhlanga.

On Tuesday Isolezwe reported the case of Asanda Mkhize (6), a pupil at Tshelihle Primary, who was last seen being hit by an unidentified vehicle outside the school gate on May 17.

When Isolezwe visited the family yesterday, they found them frustrated and unable to explain the incident, and even neighbors who were present declined to comment.

Another family member tried to explain that they had received a report from the investigating officer and the Durban North police on Tuesday morning around 10 am that they had come to identify the body in the alleged Asanda mortuary.

“On Tuesday morning we had not heard anything. We thought we had to go to the detective to ask what was going on with the case because we felt calm, and then we received the report,” he said.

The deceased’s grandmother, Hlobisile Mkhize, said they went with the deceased’s mother and another family member to ascertain whether Asanda’s body was indeed genuine.

She said that in order to identify the body, she was helped by the brightness of the school T-shirt he was wearing (Asanda) on the day he disappeared.

“I went in with another family member to see the body because it would not be right for the mother to see it, it was only opened above and then we saw that it was him,” said Mkhize.

She said the family was not yet fully aware of the incident but police had informed them that the body was found floating on the Umhlanga Bronze beach.

He said although he did not have complete information, he suspected that it might have been the hand of a local man who had been monitoring Asanda and her mother’s movements to do evil.

“It is not possible for one day that the mother could not pick her up on time, and then the baby went missing,” she explained.

She said it would take them a long time to report what had happened.

Police said the body was found on Monday, May 23, but the family said they were notified this week.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala said the body was found this week in the morgue. He said on May 23 at about 16.50, a child’s body was found on Umhlanga Bronze beach.

He said an investigation docket had been opened at the Durban North police station to investigate the cause.

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