Missing schoolboy found in mortuary

A PERSON who died when he was hit by a car on the Western Bypass in Windhoek three months ago has been named after lying unidentified in the Police Mortuary in Windhoek since early August.

Photographs of his clothing that were published in the media last week drew the attention of the hitherto unnamed person’s family, who on Monday identified him as the 17-year-old Bernard Hochobeb, a Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Kauna Shikwambi, said yesterday. She said the Police had put out a missing person report on Hochobeb on October 2, after he had been reported missing by his family.According to that report, Hochobeb, also known as ‘Pon’, went missing at Rehoboth on August 3, when he was last seen at Rehoboth, hitch-hiking to Windhoek.Hochobeb was a pupil at Vooruitsig Primary School at Rehoboth.He was killed when he was hit by a vehicle on the Western Bypass road in Windhoek on August 3.With Hochobeb having been identified, the Police are still trying to identify another man whose remains have been kept at the Police Mortuary in Windhoek since July.He is a black male who was found hanging from a tree in the Brakwater area on July 22.His clothing included blue overalls and a green shirt with a City of Windhoek logo on the left front side.He was 1,62 m tall, weighed 50 kg, and is estimated to have been in his late thirties to early forties.Shikwambi appealed to anyone recognising the man’s clothing to telephone the Police Mortuary’s Inspector Jooste Mbandeka at (061) 209 4235 or 209 4307.She said the Police had put out a missing person report on Hochobeb on October 2, after he had been reported missing by his family.According to that report, Hochobeb, also known as ‘Pon’, went missing at Rehoboth on August 3, when he was last seen at Rehoboth, hitch-hiking to Windhoek.Hochobeb was a pupil at Vooruitsig Primary School at Rehoboth.He was killed when he was hit by a vehicle on the Western Bypass road in Windhoek on August 3.With Hochobeb having been identified, the Police are still trying to identify another man whose remains have been kept at the Police Mortuary in Windhoek since July.He is a black male who was found hanging from a tree in the Brakwater area on July 22.His clothing included blue overalls and a green shirt with a City of Windhoek logo on the left front side.He was 1,62 m tall, weighed 50 kg, and is estimated to have been in his late thirties to early forties.Shikwambi appealed to anyone recognising the man’s clothing to telephone the Police Mortuary’s Inspector Jooste Mbandeka at (061) 209 4235 or 209 4307.