‘It doesn’t add up’ – Family demands answers after 11-year-old boy found dead on stairs

Jayden Lee Meek

Cape Town – The family of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek, who was found dead and undressed on a staircase at Swazi’s Place complex in Fleurhof, Johannesburg, is demanding answers.

Jayden-Lee went missing after school on Tuesday, and his bruised body was discovered early on Wednesday morning.

According to IOL, provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said that Jayden-Lee’s mother became anxious when her son failed to return home as expected.

“The mother called neighbours, and they started searching. They notified community leaders, and at 6:40pm, they went to the police station. Our members responded and started searching alongside community members.

“Early in the morning, a resident walking out of her flat at about 6.25am saw the child not lying far from the flat where he resided,” Masondo said, as per the report.

His family, confused and devastated, insists they will not rest until the truth about his death is revealed, describing the situation as suspicious and senseless, EWN reported. 

“It all just doesn’t make sense, and it doesn’t add up. That does not make sense.  You don’t find a child lying on the stairs in the early hours of the morning, naked, and assume a child is sleeping when he’s dead. Brutally beaten.

“No. That makes no sense. And for that reason, we’re not going to rest until we find out what happened to my nephew,” the report quoted Jayden Lee’s uncle as saying.

Jayden-Lee’s body was found on the second-floor steps, warm and clean but with visible abrasions suggesting possible assault.

He was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival.

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