BOY FOUND DEAD IN WASMASJIEN

Activists warn parents after tragedy leaves Retreat family with hartseer

- BY GENEVIEVE SERRA

A DAD'S desperate search for his missing six-year-old Cape Town boy ended in heartbreak and disbelief when police found the seuntjie dead inside a washing machine in their home.

Police spokesman Sergeant Wesley Twigg said the grim discovery was made at the father's home in Ensor Street, Retreat, on Friday.

Twigg said officers rushed to the house after the father ran to the police station in a panic to report that his son had vanished.

He said they then searched in and around the house.

During the search, according to Twigg, officers were led to a washing machine inside the house, where they found the boy's body.

Paramedics were called, but it was already too late. The boy was declared dead at the scene.