{"id":38043,"date":"2021-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=9c3196ef0e050a32dff2e41b646dd6da"},"modified":"2021-12-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T00:00:00","slug":"skeleton-found-buried-at-foot-of-sand-dune-gqeberha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/skeleton-found-buried-at-foot-of-sand-dune-gqeberha\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeleton found buried at foot of sand dune: Gqeberha"},"content":{"rendered":"
GQEBERHA – Police in Walmer have opened an enquiry after a skeleton was found partially buried at the foot of a sand dune in Sardinia Bay beach this morning, 19 December 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to police information, at about 10:50, the partially buried skeleton was discovered by a person walking near the dunes. Police were alerted and confirmed that the skeleton may have been buried for a period of time. It was between 5 to 25cm in the sand. There were no clothes or any other information that could assist police in any identification.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The skeleton will be sent for forensics analysis to determine race, age and sex.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At this stage, an enquiry is opened however police are appealing to anyone who may have reported any person missing or drowned to contact D\/Lt Col Melody Oranje at SAPS Walmer detectives on 082 441 8505 or 041 581 1496 or 041 509 4000 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or their nearest police station.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GQEBERHA – Police in Walmer have opened an enquiry after a skeleton was found partially buried at the foot of a sand dune in Sardinia Bay beach this morning, 19 December 2021.According to police information, at about 10:50, the partially buried skeleto…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n