Mystery death fall

A MAN estimated to be in his twenties was found dead in a backyard flat at a house in Walvis Bay’s Theo-Ben Gurirab Street on Saturday morning.

It is suspected that he may have died from a head wound after a serious fall, although suicide was not ruled out. His name cannot be published since his relatives have not yet been informed of his death.According to Joey Engelbrecht, who took the man his weekly food rations on Fridays, he was a gardener at the holiday home.She told The Namibian that there was no response when she went to the house on Friday.She said she encountered two of the man’s friends at the house, who told her that he had fallen from a wall, suffering a serious head injury.”They said that they found him lying there and took him to the clinic where he supposedly was treated and received some medication.”She said when she and his friends entered the room, they found the man lying on his bed, obviously in great pain.”He was also very confused and mumbled a lot.We left him the food but he did not really seem to want to eat it.On Saturday morning, Engelbrecht went back to the man’s room but could not open the door – a wardrobe had been pushed against the door.She contacted a local security company, which managed to open the door.Inside they found the man dead.His name cannot be published since his relatives have not yet been informed of his death.According to Joey Engelbrecht, who took the man his weekly food rations on Fridays, he was a gardener at the holiday home.She told The Namibian that there was no response when she went to the house on Friday.She said she encountered two of the man’s friends at the house, who told her that he had fallen from a wall, suffering a serious head injury.”They said that they found him lying there and took him to the clinic where he supposedly was treated and received some medication.”She said when she and his friends entered the room, they found the man lying on his bed, obviously in great pain.”He was also very confused and mumbled a lot.We left him the food but he did not really seem to want to eat it.On Saturday morning, Engelbrecht went back to the man’s room but could not open the door – a wardrobe had been pushed against the door.She contacted a local security company, which managed to open the door.Inside they found the man dead.