A family from Mpika District, Zambia, is mourning the heartbreaking loss of their 16-year-old son, whose lifeless body was found dumped in a river days after he went missing.
The young boy, identified as Gaea Chisenga, left home on October 6 for school at Kabale Secondary, but he never made it there.
When he failed to return home that evening, his worried father, Emmanuel Chisenga, began searching for him, hoping it was just a delay.
After confirming with the school that Gaea had not reported to class, Emmanuel filed a missing person report on October 7.
Together with police and community members, he made emotional appeals on radio and social media — but the boy was nowhere to be found.
A week later, tragedy struck when a passerby noticed a body floating in Lwitikila River, near Malambwa Bridge along the Mpika–Kasama Road.
The man alerted the authorities and the family. Upon arrival, Emmanuel was crushed to confirm the worst — the body was his missing son.
He had been stripped naked, and his school shirt had small burn holes believed to have been made with cigarettes. His shoes were found abandoned by the riverbank.
The body was later moved to Mpika Urban Clinic Mortuary for post-mortem examination as police began treating the case as a suspected murder.
Muchinga Province Police Commissioner, Denise Moola, confirmed that investigations are ongoing.
“We are appealing to anyone with information about this case to come forward. Every small detail could help us find those behind this cruel act,” he said.
The tragic discovery has left the Chisenga family devastated, with neighbours and classmates expressing shock over the loss of a promising young student.
Authorities are yet to make any arrests, but locals are urging police to speed up investigations and bring the culprits to justice.
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