The deceased body of Jacques Freitag, the former SA world high jump champion, has reportedly been found with gunshot wounds.
As widely reported, the former athletics starwas recently reported as missing. He had not been seen since 12 June, the day after his 42nd birthday when he reportedly visited family in Bronkhorstspruit., but in tragic news that came to light on Tuesday, that his body had been discovered with gunshot wounds in a field near the Zandfontein cemetery in Pretoria West.
“The discovery was made by the SAPS Search and Rescue Team which has been conducting a search for the missing person,” stated police, “The team included members from Air Wing with a police chopper, Water Wing and the local police.” He said the family of the deceased has not yet identified the body, but that a case of murder is now being investigated., when Freitag had last been seen, there were reports he had been picked up in the middle of the night by a man at his mother’s house in Bronkhorstspruit and was never seen alive again.Awful to hear of the death by shooting of Jacques Freitag, former world high jump champion. His life had veered badly off the rails, but there was always the hope he'd make it. RIP.
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