The Namibian Police are investigating the matter in which the body of a stillborn baby disappeared from the Windhoek State Mortuary.

Police national spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi confirmed that the matter was brought to the attention of the police on June 1st, six months after the disappearance of the body.

Shikwambi informed nbc News that most of the statements have been taken by the police.

Shikwambi further confirmed that this is the first case of a missing body from the state mortuary registered with the police.

Windhoek residents Patricia Pienaar and her boyfriend Randall Gariseb lost their baby boy on December 25 last year, after a full-term pregnancy.

Their baby’s body, which was booked in at the state mortuary, remains missing.