A two-year-old boy who was last seen at the old bus terminus in Mitchells Plain two days ago was found dead.
|||A two-year-old boy who was last seen at the old bus terminus in Mitchells Plain two days ago was found dead on Saturday afternoon.
Police spokesman Warrant Officer November Filander said Tauriq Jacobs was found by neighbourhood watch members in bushes at Imperial Primary School in Beacon Valley around 2pm.
“I can confirm that the body of the boy was found in bushes at Imperial Primary School at about 2pm,” Filander said.
“At this stage there are no suspects.”
Filander said however, that the boy's mother had been taken into custody for questioning in connection with child negligence and abandonment.
Pathologists and forensics experts are at the scene.
The cause of the boy's death is not known.
Jacobs went missing at 10am on Thursday.
He was last seen at the old bus terminus in Mitchells Plain. - Sapa