{"id":103053,"date":"2019-10-09T14:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=103053"},"modified":"2019-10-10T11:21:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:21:26","slug":"not-sensitive-viewers-forensics-retrieve-body-klein-olifants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/09\/not-sensitive-viewers-forensics-retrieve-body-klein-olifants\/","title":{"rendered":"NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS: Forensics retrieve body from Klein Olifants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><i>WARNING: This article contains scenes of a graphic nature and is not suitable for children or sensitive viewers.<\/i><\/h3>\n<p>The body of an unidentified male was removed from the Klein Olifants river this afternoon after pedestrians made the horrendous discovery.<\/p>\n<p>The crime scene was shrouded by curious bystanders who witnessed members of the Forensic Pathology Department retrieve the deceased man from the water.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103054\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103054\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/LYK-1-edit-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/LYK-1-edit-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/LYK-1-edit-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Sjani Campher.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The body was found by two passers-by at around 09:00, in the river behind the Correctional Services&#8217; vegetable garden.<br \/>\nThe body was seen floating near a flood wall, which is often used as a bridge by pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/103039\/body-found-floating-klein-olifants\/\" target=\"_blank\">Body found floating in Klein Olifants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three hours after the discovery was reported, members of Middelburg&#8217;s Visible Policing Unit and the Mpumalanga Forensic Pathologists arrived and the body was successfully removed from the public eye.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103055\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103055\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/LYK-2-edit-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/LYK-2-edit-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/LYK-2-edit-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Sjani Campher.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cause of death remains unknown at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The body of an unidentified male was removed from the Klein Olifants river this afternoon after pedestrians made the horrendous discovery. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":103056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[21271,21276,21272,10010,12898,21274,21275,21273,10333],"class_list":["post-103053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-body-found-in-klein-olifants-river","tag-dead-man-found-in-river","tag-forensics-remove-dead-body-from-river","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-vispol","tag-mpumalanga-forensic-pathologist","tag-pedestrians-discover-dead-body-in-klein-olifants-river","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["body found in klein olifants river","dead man found in river","forensics remove dead body from river","local news","middelburg news","Middelburg VISPOL","mpumalanga forensic pathologist","pedestrians discover dead body in klein olifants river","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}