Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Teenage girl's body found in Kwaggaskloof Dam

By Chanel September
28 February 2007

The body of a teenage girl, who reportedly drowned, has been retrieved by police divers.

Veronique February was one of the three girls who drowned in a dam in Rawsonville, an area just outside Cape Town, over the weekend.

The 17-year-old’s body was recovered shortly after nine-o-clock on Monday from the Kwaggaskloof dam. The bodies of Sharlin Williams and Wilmary Scheepres, two ten-year-old girls were also retrieved from the dam.

It is believed that the girls had some difficulty in the water after they disappeared whilst swimming with a group of friends.

Police spokesperson Billy Jones says Sharlin’s body was found on Saturday and Wlimary’s on Sunday.

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