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Helfrich het benadruk dat die polisieondersoek van die begin af erg belemmer is deur verskeie vals \u201cleidrade\u201d soos \u2019n pienk plakkie, wat nie Joslin s\u2019n was nie, \u2019n \u201cbloedsakkie\u201d en \u2019n vlak graf, wat op die ou einde net polisiebronne \u00e9n tyd gemors het, omdat elke liewe \u201cleidraad\u201d opgevolg moet word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Helfrich maan die publiek en sosialemediabe\u00efnvloeders om nie die polisie se taak te bemoeilik deur allerhande bespiegelings en onwaarhede rond te stuur nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie ondersoek gaan voort, maar met die verspreiding van vals nuus en leidrade kan ons nie daadwerklik aandag gee aan die fisieke soektog na Joslin nie. Die gemeenskap moet besef indien geen voldoende bewyse bestaan wat tot \u2019n skuldigbevinding in die hof kan lei nie, die ma en haar k\u00earel steeds soos slagoffers behandel word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy beklemtoon dat enige hulp waardeer word, maar op hierdie tydstip meng dit meer met die ondersoek in as wat daadwerklike hulp verleen word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMense met inligting moet dit direk vir die ondersoek\u00adbe\u00adampte stuur, anders word die ketting van bewys verstrengel en is die inligting tweedehands en bykans nutteloos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In \u2019n breedvoerige onderhoud met Kelly op Facebook noem die politikus Gayton McKenzie Joslin se verdwyning \u2019n \u201cinternasionale ramp\u201d. Kelly noem in die onderhoud onder meer dat Boeta nie verlede Maandag alleen by Joslin by hul hokkie was soos wat aanvanklik ges\u00ea is nie. Daar was ook twee ander mans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McKenzie het in die onderhoud sy selfoonkamera gedraai en Kelly se ander twee kinders aan sy aanhangers bekendgestel. Hy het ook \u2019n beloning van R100 000 uitgeloof vir inligting wat daartoe lei dat Joslin gevind word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00f3 ook het Andr\u00e9 Truter, burgemeester van die Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit, al vroe\u00ebr vandeesweekR20 000 uitgeloof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indien iemand inligting het om die lede van die eenheid vir gesinsgeweld, kinderbeskerming en seksuele misdrywe (FCS) in hul ondersoek te help, bel asseblief speursers. Meyer Milstein, die ondersoekbeampte, by 079 879 8588.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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