The incident occurred outside the Germiston Home Affairs offices, at the corner of President and Odendaal streets, Germiston CBD, while the deceased\u2019s son was inside with Gauteng Department of Health officials, completing paperwork needed for a death certificate.<\/p>\n
The Germiston SAPS released a lookout for the vehicle after its theft.<\/p>
The signal from the vehicle\u2019s tracking device was later picked up in the Cleveland SAPS precinct and officers traced the signal to the Heriotdale dump site.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived on scene the mortuary van was nowhere to be seen, but they did find the vehicle\u2019s tracking device and the body that was being transported when the vehicle was stolen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is believed the hijackers stopped at the Heriotdale dump site to dispose of both the body in the van and the tracking device fitted to the vehicle,\u201d said Cleveland SAPS spokesman, Const Mpho Mashekane.<\/p>\n The GCN approached both the Germiston SAPS for comment.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Germiston police are currently investigating a case of theft of a motor vehicle,” explained WO Andr\u00e9 de Jager, spokesman for the Germiston SAPS.<\/p>\n \u201cThe vehicle that was stolen belonged to a private funeral home.<\/p>\n \u201cThe son of the deceased was taking the body from the state mortuary to the funeral home\u2019s private mortuary when the incident took place.<\/p>\n \u201cThe body has since been brought back to the state mortuary.\u201d<\/p>\n No arrests have been made to date.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2014\/10\/41GCNCRIMEBODYLH_591519726.jpg\")
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