Melvin Volkwyn has been convicted of the murder of little Orderick Lucas, 1, who was found dead in a drain near his home in Cape Town. Charges may still be brought against his mother and grandmother. | TammyPetersen87
Melvin Volkwyn has been convicted of the murder of Orderick Lucas, 1, who was found dead in a drain near his home in Cape Town.
But charges may still be brought against his mother and grandmother, both argued to have neglected the child who was only reported missing four days after his disappearance. He was only reported missing the Thursday, when Lucas arrived at Scheepers' house and found he was not there.Orderick, who was killed two months shy of his second birthday, and Davedine’s twin sons had been in the legal custody of Scheepers after social services intervened when Orderick’s arm was found to have intentionally been broken.Volkwyn, in turn, charged that she had told him she broke it accidentally when she jerked him up by his arm.
Throughout the trial, Volkwyn claimed, through his attorney, following the little boy's disappearance, word on the street was she had"once again misplaced [her] baby".
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