By Foibe Paavo
SWAKOPMUND, 26 April – Walvis Bay police have appealed for help in tracing a 20-year-old Namibian awaiting trial prisoner, Lukas Joseph Kambada Papata, (20), who escaped from custody on Saturday, 23 April at around 14h40. He was being held at the Walvis Bay police station in connection with a murder investigation at Kuisebmund, according to Inspector Ileni Shapumba in a police report on Monday.
Anyone aware of his whereabouts should please contact Detective Inspector Michael Ambambi at 081 640 1600 or Detective Warrant Officer Manzi Amamub at 081 724 8668 or alternatively contact any nearest police station.
Police are also requesting help in tracing Macdonald Gariseb, a 28-yar-old Damara-speaking Namibian male, brown in complexion and 1.57m in height, who went missing on Friday, 22 April.
According to Inspector Ileni’s report, Gariseb was last seen wearing a pink t-shirt with orange stripes and pink shorts.
He left a suicide note in front of his wife’s house and his personal documents were recovered at the sea near Platz am Meer in Vineta.
Anybody with information regarding his whereabouts can contact his parents on the following numbers: 081 3523247 / 081 313 6442 or Detective Warrant Officer Cletius Kabuku at 081 391 0671 / 064415008 or the nearest police station. – Namibia Daily News
