Sad end to saga of missing east dad with Alzheimer’s
John Rodda went missing from the Wilgers retirement village on Saturday.
An 82-year-old man who had gone missing from the Wilgers Retirement Village was found dead on Friday morning.
John Rodda, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, was believed to have died in a car accident near the Balmoral area.
Private investigator Mike Bolhuis said his specialised Security Services was contacted by the Witbank mortuary after they saw posts of Rodda’s search.
“We were contacted because of the nationwide post with the information that Mr Rodda had been found,” Bolhuis said in a statement.
“He had been taken to a hospital in Witbank [where he] succumbed to his injuries.”
Rodda left the Wilgers Retirement Village in Pretoria for his local pharmacy but never return home.
When his family grew concerned, his son Mark Rodda requested help from private investigators in search of his father.
Mark said the family was still in shock as they were hopeful that their father would be found safe.
“We had people who said they’d identified him and we were so hopeful,” he said.
“It’s still a shock to us all.”
Bolhuis said he and specialist investigator, Callie de Kock, would continue with the investigation of events leading up to and the accident itself.
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