{"id":81310,"date":"2018-05-23T13:42:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=81310"},"modified":"2018-05-28T15:32:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T13:32:07","slug":"body-missing-durban-man-found-middelburg-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/05\/23\/body-missing-durban-man-found-middelburg-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of missing Durban man found in Middelburg Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damian\u2019s body was found drifting in the Middelburg Dam, two weeks after he was last seen.<\/p>\n<p>His family feared him dead after he disappeared without taking any of his personal belongings, like his wallet and cellphone.<\/p>\n<p>A day before Damian\u2019s body was discovered by the Middelburg Dam caretaker, the police\u2019s K9 Search and Rescue unit braved the cold weather to search for him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81315\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81315\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/IMG_0006-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/IMG_0006-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/IMG_0006-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sgt. Leon Harrington of the K9 Search and Rescue unit during the search for Damian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The body was spotted next to the dam wall when the dam caretaker went to take his daily reading.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage it is not clear how Damian\u2019s life came to an end. He was found fully clothed with shoes on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81314\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81314\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/IMG_9969-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/IMG_9969-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/IMG_9969-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sgt. Leon Harrington and his dog Tara in the Klein Olifants River during the search operation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An autopsy was performed earlier this week. The results thereof have not been made public pending the police and a private investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The family has since acquired the services of well-known private investigator, Brad Nathanson.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BradNathansonPI\/posts\/10156487325072848<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0expert was also flown in to be\u00a0present during the postmortem.<\/p>\n<p>Is anyone has information regarding Damian\u2019s death or his disappearance, they can call Mr Nathanson on\u00a0083 250 2007,\u00a0Esm\u00e9 Nathanson\u00a0on\u00a0078 421 9167 or they can send a mail to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:brad@bradnathanson.co.za\">brad@bradnathanson.co.za<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:esme@bradnathanson.co.za\">esme@bradnathanson.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of Damian Dolan, who went missing in the beginning of May, have had their worst fears confirmed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":81313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[11529,11530,11528,11531,11414,2982,21966,8543,1636],"class_list":["post-81310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-brad-nathanson","tag-brad-nathanson-investigations","tag-damian-dolan","tag-disappearance","tag-drug-addict","tag-durban","tag-middelburg","tag-missing-persons","tag-murder"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["brad nathanson","brad nathanson investigations","damian dolan","disappearance","drug addict","durban","middelburg","missing persons","murder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81310","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\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}