A heartbreaking search for a missing young child ended in tragedy on Friday morning, 19 December, after a five-year-old boy was found dead inside a washing machine at a home in Cafda, Retreat, reports Cape town Etc .
Steenberg police registered an inquest for investigation following the incident.
According to reports, the father of the child went to the police station to report the child missing, said police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg. Police members went with the father to his him in Ensor Street in Cafda, to start and conduct a search for the child.
