37-year-old Leon Munsamy and his two daughters, Emilia and Elana, were found dead in their Tongaat home today. SOON after a Tongaat mother was alerted by a school transporter that both her daughters had not attended school today (Tuesday), news broke that they had been found dead with their father at his Belvedere home. It has been alleged that 37-year-old Leon Munsamy, a petroleum company employee, had poisoned both his daughters, aged four and seven, before taking his own life.
Speculation is rife that Munsamy was separated from his wife. The quiet Sastri Circle neighbourhood was shattered when the three bodies were discovered in the locked house. According to private security company On Target, their officers were alerted to the incident at approximately 1.20pm.
Spokesperson Megan Mottiahn said they were unable to gain immediate access to the property on arrival. “When we got to the scene, the house was locked and we could not get in. The neighbour had notified us that they had tried calling the father several times but there was no answer,” said Mottiahn.
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“Our guys proceeded to go into the premises and found a 37-year-old male hanged from the ceiling. They went further into the house and found two female children who were dead. From the looks of it, the children were possibly poisoned.
They had been frothing from their mouths before they died.” The discovery has shocked neighbours, many of whom said they heard loud music coming from the house the previous evening but did not suspect anything was wrong. Clive Chetty, a relative of the deceased man, described him as calm and said the tragedy had left the family devastated. “He was always calm.
This is shocking. The children lived with their mom. He has them on the weekends and they were with him last night. The children go to school.
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