Police are investigating an inquest following the death of a four-year-old learner (girl) whose body was found inside a pit latrine in one of the primary schools at Vaalbank Administrative Area in Glen Grey.
It is alleged that on Tuesday morning, 7 March 2023, the mother of a four-year-old girl (a learner at the school) went to her child’s school to enquire about her whereabouts, after she did not return home the previous day.
A preliminary investigation led to the recovery of the learner’s body in one of the school’s pit toilets.
Members from SAPS Search and Rescue retrieved her body.
Circumstances surrounding the incident are forming part of the investigation.
Police have opened an inquest docket.
