Community in shock after discovery of boy's body
The decomposed body of a child has been found in Phoenix in northern Durban.
The child was still wearing his school uniform.
The family of missing ten-year-old Miguel Louw, who disappeared over a month ago from outside his school, visited the scene on Tuesday morning.
Police prepared the family to identify the body found in a bush near Longbury Drive.
KwaZulu-Natal police's Thembeka Mbhele says members of the K9 unit stumbled upon the body.
"In fact, they were working on another case and when they got there with the dog - that's when the dog led them to the body. And the body was recovered. For now, the experts are still busy at the scene, but this is the only information that we have for now," says Mbhele.
Last week, a suspect was released on bail after being arrested a few days after Louw's disappearance.
#MiguelLouw Forensic Experts are seen leaving the scene where the body was found. A police dog with his handler in pursuit of a different case stumbled across the body earlier. pic.twitter.com/4n5edlWj8l
— Nushera Raisa (@nushera) September 3, 2018
#MiguelLouw The family of missing Sydenham Boy Miguel Louw have arrived on Longbury Drive where the decomposed body of a young boy has been discovered. The body is said to be in a school uniform. pic.twitter.com/WZ3O67f1s9
— Nushera Raisa (@nushera) September 3, 2018
#MiguelLouw @SAPoliceService Colonel Thembeka Mbhele gives the latest from the scene. @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/lBOpgCoxwO
— Nushera Raisa (@nushera) September 3, 2018