Stellenbosch students missing

2022 - 10 - 24

Ethan Kirkland - missing stellenbosch students

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Missing Stellenbosch couple's car 'found wrecked', bodies recovered (TimesLIVE)

Two bodies, a male and a female, were retrieved from the scene, police confirmed in an update.

They requested the assistance of the police provincial diving unit, wh0 retrieved the bodies of the two victims from the motor vehicle. They noticed the wheels of a motor vehicle. “This morning at around 10.10am a community member spotted an object in a dam in the city centre and alerted the authorities,” police spokesperson W/O Joseph Swartbooi said in the afternoon update.

Police find vehicle of missing Stellenbosch couple (Independent Online)

Cape Town - All law enforcement agencies are on the scene in Stellenbosch where two bodies were found on Monday. Residents and family members of Leila Lees, ...

It remains unclear whether the bodies found at the scene were that of the missing couple, although the vehicle appeared to be Kirkland’s. Police divers were called in after two bodies could be seen in the vehicle. Cape Town - All law enforcement agencies are on the scene in Stellenbosch where two bodies were found on Monday.

Concern growing for teens missing from Stellenbosch since Friday (CapeTalk)

Leila Lees (18) and Ethan Kirkland (22) were reported missing from Stellenbosch on Saturday afternoon.

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Bodies found in Stellenbosch quarry that of missing couple, police ... (News24)

Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi said a community member spotted an object in a dam and alerted the authorities.

Police confirmed the two bodies found in a vehicle in a quarry in Stellenbosch on Monday afternoon were that of the missing couple, Leila Lees and Ethan Kirkland. During the search, a 17-year-old youth spotted a vehicle in the quarry. - Police confirmed the two bodies found in a quarry on Monday were that of Leila Lees, 18, and Ethan Kirkland, 19.

UPDATE: Bodies of two missing Stellenbosch teenagers found (Eyewitness News)

The bodies of eighteen-year-old Leila Lees and 19-year-old Ethan Kirkland were discovered earlier on Monday.

Police recover two bodies suspected to be missing Stellenbosch ... (Citizen)

The two bodies retrieved from a quarry dam is believed to be those of a young missing Stellenboch couple, who were last seen on Friday.

[Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi ](https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetail.php?nid=42967)said the bodies were recovered from a motor vehicle that had seemingly fallen into the quarry. The bodies that were recovered in the dam are suspected to be those of a missing young Stellenbosch couple. Western Cape police retrieved the bodies of a man and a woman in a quarry dam in Paul Kruger Street, believed to be those of the missing

Two bodies recovered in Stellenbosch dam (Jacaranda FM)

The police in the Western Cape have recovered two bodies of a man and a woman from a vehicle in a dam in Paul Kruger Street, Stellenbosch.

Both victims were declared deceased on the scene by the medical personnel," says Swartbooi. The police are yet to confirm if the bodies found in the dam are those of the missing Stellenbosch students. The police in the Western Cape have recovered two bodies of a man and a woman from a vehicle in a dam in Paul Kruger Street, Stellenbosch.