The search for an 82-year-old oupa from Gordon’s Bay has come to a tragic end after he was found dead along the N2 highway.
The hartseer family of Paul Swartz say they are devastated after being called to the scene near the weighbridge on the N2 near Somerset Mall where his body was found in a ditch on Wednesday.
Swartz, who suffers from Alzheimers, went missing from his home on Friday and his family embarked on a search for him.
At the time, his daughter, Paullett van Wyk, 48, explained that in the weeks leading up to his disappearance, her dad asked to move to Macassar where he is originally from.
The family had made arrangements for him to move after securing a carer and he was set to move two days after he disappeared.
At the time they feared that he might have gone to Macassar by himself and searched the area for him.
But Paullett says on Wednesday, they received a call and went to the scene.
“Truck drivers who stopped at the weigh bridge saw his body and called the police at about 12.45pm. We went to the scene and found him in a ditch, that was hard to see,” she says.
“He was wearing the same clothes that he had on the day of his disappearance.
“There were no visible injuries and we suspect he may have died from natural causes but an autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death.”
She says the family has been left devastated by his disappearance and subsequent death.