UPDATE: Moreleta Park body identified
The family called the police after they couldn’t get hold of Maxwell van Rooi.
The body of the 32-year-old man that was found in Moreleta Park had been identified as Maxwell van Rooi.
Van Rooi’s sister, Grizentia Mason, said her brother was found dead at his house on Tuesday.
“We couldn’t get hold of him this morning, and after his work called to ask where he was, we knew something was wrong.”
Mason said a security guard at the complex where Van Rooi lived, reported that his car was missing.
“That’s when we phoned the police.”
Police responded on scene to find Van Rooi’s body.
Details surrounding the cause and time of death are unknown, but Garsfontein police spokesperson Captain Ilze Jones confirmed that police were investigating.
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