The active involvement of the residents of Karibib has assisted the police in successfully recovering the body parts of the murdered six-year-old Adrian Myne Oswyn from a sewage dam.

Adrian disappeared under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday last week.

Emil Seibeb and Rauna Kapenda of nbc News visited Karibib and met with Adrian's mother and loved ones.

At first sight, all seems to be normal in the small town of Karibib, with people going about their daily activities.

In all its many years of existence, the police have known mostly petty complaints and recorded crimes of burglary, cell phone theft, shoplifting, rape, and murder.

In 2019, a 27-year-old man from Karibib was arrested for allegedly killing his one-year-old stepdaughter, and close to four years later, another minor was grusomely murdered.

That is six-year-old Adrian Myne Oswyn.

The little one was murdered, his body dismembered and discarded, sending shattering shockwaves that were felt not only in the town, but the entire country.

Adrian spent the weekend of the 30th of September at this shack, belonging to his grandfather, which is now a crime scene and remains cordoned off by the police.

The toddler's mother's house is but a few meters from here. The nbc was informed that the young Adrian would always walk between the two houses, visiting his grandfather.

On Tuesday last week, his grandfather walked him halfway back to his mother's house. Little did anyone know, that would be the toddler's last walk.

Thirty-seven year-old Rita Seibes is his mother.

Seibes said she was under the impression that her last born was still safe at his grandfather's house, though she had a troublesome feeling of worry and a sense of uneasiness on Friday last week.

Seibes then quickly made her way to his father's house to get fresh clothes and to check up on them, but Adrian's grandfather informed her that he had already escorted the boy days ago.

This was six days before the grisly discovery was made.

The police found a pillowcase at the dam, stained in what appeared to be blood.

It was quickly bagged as evidence.

Rita Seibes took the nbc News team on a path that Adrian walked hundreds of times, visiting his grandfather.

The incident, particularly the manner in which his life was cut short, baffles the mother.

"I don't know who could have done this; only God knows who could have done such a thing. My question is why did whoever did this cut him up? Was it necessary?"

Clarence Gaingob is a resident of Karibib and was among the first in the community to initiate the search for Adrian.

"I've said to myself that this is a problem that needs to be solved and if we do not stand up for the family, for the Namibian nation, for the children, who will? That is the time I went to my grandmother's house, and I asked her permission. Please, can you allow me to intervene in this case?"

Gaingob's determination saw a large-scale involvement from the community, including private sniffer dogs from the police k9 unit, all in aiding the police in finding a toddler who was also known by the community.

The police this week identified four persons of interest, but no suspect or suspects have been named thus far.

Adrian's remains are, in the meantime, kept at the police mortuary at Walvis Bay, as police investigations continue.