Teenager hangs himself

Just 2 days after Christmas on 27 December 2018, a 19 year-old-man was found hanging from a wire from a tree at a river bed a few meters from his parent’s house.

An inquest into the alleged hanging at Farm Stinkbank in the Usakos district has been launched. It is believed that Richard Ronaldo Garoeb arrived at his parents’ house and it is further alleged that an argument broke out between Garoeb (deceased) and his mother about him who started eating the food out of the pot on the stove. Garoeb then walked out. According to police reports, the deceased was found an hour later by a herdsman in the area.
No foul play is suspected. The body was taken to Walvis Bay Police Mortuary for post mortem examination to determine the cause of death.
In a separate incident 49-year-old Saulus Shaanika Shikwena was found hanging from the roof by a relative on Friday 28 December last year. The deceased who hung himself at his residence in Kormorant Street, Tutaleni in Swakopmund allegedly left a suicide note in which he wrote about work related problems. A cousin of the deceased reports, “he has not gone to work since 27 November 2018”. The body was taken to Walvis Bay Police Mortuary for post mortem examination to determine the cause of death. Investigation continues.