Bodies of missing 14-year-old teenagers found in Liebenbergsvlei River
Two 14-year-old teenagers went missing while walking alongside the Liebenbergsvlei river.
Two missing Free State teenagers
Missing while picking herbs
At the time of their disappearance, Brigadier Motantsi Makhele explained that the teens – who attended LT Nhlabathi School – went missing at about 10:00 on 4 March 2021.
Siphiwe Mlangeni and Moratehi Radebe (both 14 years of age, residing in extension 08 Bohlokong) reportedly went missing while walking alongside the Liebenbergsvlei river next to the railway line.
According to Makhele, it was not far from their homes, and they went to the river to pick herbs. A third boy was with them, but the two missing teens took an alternate route. That was the last time they were seen.
Police spokesperson Brig Motantsi Makhele said investigations into the two missing boys, Siphiwe Mlangeni and Moratehi Radebe, revealed that they had apparently drowned in the Liebenbergvlei River in Bohlokong, Bethlehem, in the Free State.
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