Adventure farmer died of multiple injuries

A post-mortem conducted on the body of 41-year-old Phillip Viveirous, a farmer of Adventure Village, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, revealed that he died of multiple injuries.

The farmer’s dismembered body was discovered on Monday morning along the highway in the vicinity of Adventure, and Police in E Division (Linden-Kwakwani) were said to be investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.

E Division Commander Calvin Brutus, confirmed the results of the post-mortem report on Friday. While information surrounding the death has been sketchy, Police investigators suspect that he may have been run-over by several vehicles.

The gruesome discovery was made at approximately 05:20h by passersby; an unidentified caller alerted the Police of the discovery. The body of the deceased was later identified by his mother, and was transported to the Wismar Hospital Mortuary at Linden. The mother of the deceased reportedly told investigators that her son left his home at approximately 02:00h on Monday for his farm at Adventure and had been consuming alcohol before he left.

Investigators suspect that he might have become tired and fell asleep along the roadway and was then run over. According to Police information, there was no evidence at the scene to suggest that it was a case of hit-and-run, however; the victim’s body parts were reportedly scattered along the road. Several persons travelling along the highway that morning recalled seeing the body on the roadway prior to the fateful discovery; a few indicated that at the time, the victim appeared to be alive.