Missing boy’s body washes up at Blue Waters

By Mishkah Anthony
15 February 2009

The body of a teenager, who was presumed to have drowned while swimming with friends at Strandfontein beach on Thursday, has washed up on the beach at Blue Waters along the False Bay coast yesterday.

Family members positively identified the body of 17 year old Justin Freeman from Ottery. Police also provided trauma counselling for family members.

The National Sea Rescue Institute Spokesperson Wally Panday says, “the body was found a few hundred metres, just passed Blue Waters towards Mnandi beach.”

The body was discovered by an early morning passer- by and Pandy says the “body is still intact”; it’s now being removered from the beach and taken to pathologists.

NSRI says while there is no evidence to support speculation suggesting that Justin had been attacked by a shark, sea rescue officials are warning bathers that shark sightings along the coastline have increased in recent weeks.