Shock as family finds their father’s private parts cut off in the mortuary
He was old, sickly and diabetic and his family wasn’t surprised when he didn’t wake up one morning.
But when they went to the mortuary to wash his body to prepare for his funeral, they got a most terrible surprise.
THE HEAD OF HIS 4-5 AND PARTS OF HIS BALLS WERE MISSING!
“The people who did this must tell the family where they took his parts. My dad was a good man. He didn’t deserve to be violated.”
Mkhulu Kwepileni Mtsokoba (74) died on 16 September from diabetes.
When his body was removed from his home in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, his body parts were intact.
But his family went to the mortuary to wash his body on Wednesday and found his private parts had been mutilated.
Mbonisi Mtsokoba said his dad was certified dead at his home by paramedics.
The body was collected by the local mortuary in Etwatwa, Ekurhuleni.
The owner of Hlokomelang Mortuary, Jobe Radebe, told Daily Sun he requested the owner of Mavutha Funeral Parlour in Etwatwa to store the body, so the family could easily access the body.
His mortuary is in Sebokeng.
“I can confirm a part of the pen!s had been cut off,” said Radebe.
“We don’t know who did it. I want the family to allow us to take the body to forensics to determine which object was used.”
But the family said keeping the body for a long time would cost them money they don’t have.
“We wish this could be done faster because preparations for the funeral are almost complete,” said Mbonisi.
We’re planning to take the body to his last resting place in the Eastern Cape.”
Mbonisi said it looked as if a sharp object was used.
A case was opened at Etwatwa Police Station.
They wanted to give their elder a decent funeral.
“I don’t think my father will find peace unless we find the truth,” said Mbonisi.
“The people who did this must tell the family where they took his parts.
“My dad was a good man. He didn’t deserve to be violated.”
Sangoma Dungamanzi from Wattville said male private parts mostly boost businesses.
“The dead person feels violated and the family have to do a cleansing ceremony,” he said.
“They have to do ukuphahla and tell him he’s going to his resting place without the parts lost. That way he won’t haunt anyone.”
Joyce Goge, a manager at Mavutha Funeral Parlour, said they were waiting for a pathology report to explain what had happened and clear their name.
Sergeant Khensani Mathebula of Etwatwa cop shop confirmed that a case was opened and transferred to a unit that dealt with body parts.
Johan Rousseau of the Funeral Industry Reformed Association said: “There’s no regulatory organisation and some culprits go without being punished.”
Rousseau said body parts can be used for muthi and sold in the black market.
-Daily Sun
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