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Post-mortem suggests St Stithians pupil died of strangulation at Mpumalanga lodge
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Police have confirmed that post-mortem findings indicated St Stithians College grade 11 pupil Cameron Waldeck-Cooks might have been strangled to death, while alumnus Ethan Coetzee was believed to have died by suicide.
The South Africa Police Service (SAPS) brought this to light on Friday.
On Thursday, Eyewitness News reported that the pair had been found dead at a lodge in Mpumalanga earlier in the week.
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While police initially opened an inquest docket, they said a murder investigation has also been launched following the post-mortem results.
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Mpumalanga police are investigating a murder after postmortem examinations raised new questions over the deaths of a Grade 11 pupil and a former pupil from St Stithians College, whose bodies were found at a holiday home near Sabie on Monday.
The deaths were initially treated as an inquest with reports that police were investigating whether a possible drug overdose was responsible.
Police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo told IOL that the case had been upgraded to murder following the outcome of the postmortem examinations.
Masondo said the findings suggested that Cafneron Waldeck-Cooks, 17, a pupil at the elite St Stithians Girls' College, may have been strangled, while Ethan Coetzee, 19, who matriculated from St Stithians Boys' College last year, may have died by suicide.
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‘Deeply loved’ St Stithians pupil Cameron was on hiking trip, parents share
Johannesburg teenager Cameron Waldeck-Cooks was on a hiking trip in the Sabie district in Mpumalanga with two families on the weekend she died.
This was shared by her grieving parents Derrick Cooks and Claire Waldeck-Cooks.
The sporty 17-year-old grade 11 pupil at St Stithians Girls’ College in Johannesburg was working towards the gold level of The President’s Award for Youth Empowerment, the South African implementation of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.
“As part of the programme, she was preparing to complete a multi-day adventurous journey.
“When she was invited to join two families on a hiking trip in Sabie, she saw it as an opportunity to work towards that goal.”
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