Young man dies in Rosettenville
The family of a young male found dead on the street is found.
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – The body of a 23-year-old male was found lying on the side of the road in Diering Street, Rosettenville, on July 21, only hours after he was last seen with two of his friends.
On the morning the body was discovered, various community members were at the scene to help identify the young man. Three young girls said they knew him from a school in Mondeor and others said they saw him daily on High Street in Rosettenville.Booysens SAPS were called to the scene, together with Moffatview CPF member, Don Hooper, Johannesburg firefighters and Clr Tyrell Meyers who was there behalf of Clr Rashida Landis.
The Booysens SAPS communications officer, Lorraine van Emmerik, said: “Our members received the call at 07:45 and attended the scene accordingly. The family was located on the day of the death and statements have been taken from friends who were with him.”
Some residents at the scene alleged that the victim was from Bellavista and some said he was a regular in Rosettenville, as he had been seen often in both locations. Booysens SAPS confirmed that the victim stayed stayed in Kenilworth.
At this stage, Booysens SAPS is waiting for the post-mortem report detailing the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing.
THE body of a 23-year-old male was found lying on the side of the road in Diering Street, Rosettenville on July 21 only hours after he was last seen with two of his friends.
On the morning the body was discovered, various community members were at the scene to help identify the young man. Three young girls said they knew him from a school in Mondeor and others said they saw him daily on High Street in Rosettenville with a friend selling DVD’s.
Eye witness, Ayabonga Magengenene (22) said he saw the victim while he was still alive and confirmed that he was indeed with two of his friends.
“I saw him last night and he was with his friends. They looked like they were drunk and couldn’t walk straight but I’m not sure on what. He tried to sit on that concrete stump but he fell to the ground. His friends left him when he fell on the ground and the guy just carried on sleeping. It was around 20:30,” recalled Magengenene.
According to him, the last time he saw the victim alive was when he went out of his home at 21:15 to buy airtime at a nearby shop, when he returned at about 21:30, the victim was still alive and he was sleeping and snoring.
Booysens SAPS were called to the scene together with Moffatview CPF member, Don Hooper, Johannesburg firefighters were at the scene and councillor Tyrell Meyers who attended to the scene on behalf of councillor Rashida Landis.
Booysens SAPS Communications Officer, Lorraine van Emmerik said, “Our members received the call at 07:45 and attended the scene accordingly. The family was located on the day of the death and statements have been taken from friends that were with him.
Some residents at the scene of the death alleged that the victim was from Bellavista and some said he was a regular in Rosettenville as he had been seen often in both locations. Booysens SAPS ascertained that the victims stayed in Kenilworth.
At this stage Booysens SAPS is waiting the post mortem report detailing the cause of death and an investigation is ongoing.
