Overview
- The bodies of 17-year-old Cameron Waldeck-Cooks and 19-year-old Ethan Coetzee were found in a lodge room near Sabie after a five-day hiking expedition on Monday, August 3.
- Preliminary post-mortem results and an independent pathologist retained by Cameron’s family indicate she died from strangulation and suffocation.
- Investigators currently regard Ethan Coetzee’s death as likely suicide and no arrests or charges have been announced as the probe continues.
- The President’s Award for Youth Empowerment and St Stithians have pledged to cooperate with authorities as forensic work and police inquiries proceed.
- Cameron’s family has spoken publicly, urged restraint from speculation, commissioned independent forensics, and a resurfaced exchange-student video of her has circulated on social media.