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Missing Joshlin Smith latest: SAPS urge public to refrain from filming searches

Specialised policing units and more resources will be deployed to the area on Monday as the search for missing Joshlin Smith intensifies.

News Crime and Courts
Robin-Lee Francke|Published

Eleven days later: ‘Joshlin, we are waiting for you,’ says schooling community

A social worker visited the Diazville Primary School earlier this week, but some of the learners want to know when Joshlin will be coming back.

News Crime and Courts
Robin-Lee Francke|Published

PICS: Ten days later: community continues searching for Joshlin Smith

Joshlin Smith has been missing for 10 days and despite police scaling back search efforts, residents from the community remain determined to find the young girl.

News Crime and Courts
Robin-Lee Francke|Published

Police scale down on search for Joshlin Smith

Police also urged concerned residents from neighbouring communities to not come to the area to assist in searching for the missing child.

News Crime and Courts
Robin-Lee Francke|Published

Police turn Cape Town mother away, daughter missing for almost a week

Police advised the distraught mother who tried opening a missing persons docket on Saturday to come back Monday and claimed there was a waiting period.

News Crime and Courts
Robin-Lee Francke|Published

Praise for ‘missing’ Durban teen who responded to claims, says she left home

A Durban teenager who was reported missing this week, has been applauded for her bravery after she posted a video responding to claims that she left home, saying she did not go missing as stated.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
Jehran Naidoo|Published

Human remains found wrapped in a carpet in Free State

A human skull, a pair of jeans, and a soccer t-shirt was found in the carpet.

News Crime and Courts
Robin-Lee Francke|Published

Private investigator dismisses woman’s claims that she’s the missing Madeleine McCann

Although Wendell is 21-years-old, she believes her age could be wrong. Maddie was born in May 2003, meaning that she would be 19.

News World
Dominic Naidoo|Published