NamPol's Deputy Inspector General for Administration, Major General Anne-Marie Nainda, has sent out a strong warning to members of the public who deliberately spread rumors.
Major General Nainda was reacting to the murder of Karibib's six-year-old Adrian Oswyn last month.
Since the news of Little Adrian's murder broke, many took to social media, spreading all sorts of conjecture.
In the streets, names are being dropped of apparent suspects who have been arrested or possible persons of interest who need to be questioned.
Rumours including allegations of witchcraft, ritual killings, and a prowling serial killer are making the rounds, and this does not sit well with Nainda.
Major General Nainda says community members use indigenous language radio platforms to spread rumours about the death of Adrian.
Malicious and misinformation cause panic and fear among the community, and this, according to Nainda, is a great cause of concern to the police.
"The media must please inform the public that those speculations, I've heard on indigenous radio stations how people are speculating around this investigation. You are making the investigation very difficult for us."
Pressed on the silence from the police regarding a lack of regular and detailed updates on the gruesome killing of Adrian, the Head of the NamPol's Forensic Unit, Commissioner Nelius Becker stated that though police know the cause of death, they cannot at this stage release such information.
nbc News further attempted to establish whether the police have determined the type of instruments used to dissect his small body and whether all the internal organs of Adrian Oswyn have been accounted for.
"What we can say is that we did complete the autopsy, but at this point in time, we do not want to reveal what the cause of death was. Because of the fact that this is an ongoing investigation and it is a small community there, at some point, a suspect may become known and these kinds of details are not something we want to reveal," said Becker.
The former Head of the Criminal Investigations Division, Commissioner Moritz !Naruseb agrees.
"It is a very sensitive incident whereby at this point in time it will not be best suited for me to comment on the ongoing investigation. Maybe after one or two months, one can perhaps comment."