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Spoorloos. Die sewejarige Joshlin Smith van die Middelpos- informele nedersetting by Saldanha het so geheimsinnig verdwyn dat nie eens die polisie se snuffelhond haar reuk om die hokkie langs \u2019n rommelbestrooide stroompie kon opspoor nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die tenger, groenoog graadeenleerder van die Diazville Prim\u00eare Skool het Maandag 19 Februarie verdwyn, en haar ma, Kelly Smith (33), het haar nog dieselfde aand by die Saldanha-polisiekantoor as vermis gaan aangee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens kapt. Tania Helfrich, \u2019n woordvoerder vir die Weskus-polisiedistrik, het \u2019n buurman Joshlin Maandag om 19:00 die laaste keer gesien waar sy naby die hokkie gedwaal het. Sy woon daar saam met haar ma en di\u00e9 se k\u00earel, ene Boeta, en haar negejarige boetie en driejarige sussie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die ware toedrag van sake oor Joshlin se verdwyning kom stukkie vir stukkie vorendag namate die polisieondersoek vorder, maar weens die sensitiewe aard van die saak kan al die inligting nog nie bekend gemaak word nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Polisielede besig om die gemeenskap te vra om \u2019n bietjie verder van die hokkie waarin Joshlin en haar gesin woon, te staan.Foto: Alida Buckle<\/div>\n
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Die hokkie wat \u2019n tree van \u2019n rommelbestrooide stroompie af staan.Foto: Alida Buckle<\/div>\n
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Volgens Helfrich is Joshlin vroe\u00ebr die dag, omstreeks 14:00, saam met \u2019n onbekende seun voor die Diazville-kliniek gesien stap. Presies wie die seun is, kon nog nie vasgestel word nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die presiese besonderhede oor hoe die betrokke Maandag vir Joshlin verloop het, is die spil <\/span>waarom die ondersoek nou draai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talle bespiegelinge en verskeie weergawes is al opgevolg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019n Groot groep gemeenskapslede het Dinsdag saam met die polisie se eenheid vir gesinsgeweld, kinderbeskerming en seksuele misdrywe (FCS), sigbare polisi\u00ebring en rampbestuurpersoneel na die kind help soek. Mense is in kleiner groepies verdeel en groot dele van Middelpos is gefynkam \u2013 sonder enige sukses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al is van Joshlin se klere vir \u2019n polisiehond gegee om aan te snuffel, kon die hond glad nie om die hokkie \u2019n spoor kry om te volg nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terwyl Kelly en Boeta in die hokkie ondervra is, het die gemeenskap tot teenaan die hokkie saamgedrom voordat die polisie hulle beveel het om verder te staan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Weskus-distriksmunisipaliteit se hommeltuigspan het deurentyd gereed gestaan om hul hommeltuig uit te stuur, maar Dinsdag teen sonsondergang was daar nog te min inligting om dit doeltreffend te gebruik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die soektog is laat di\u00e9 aand uitgestel en Woensdagoggend hervat, maar sonder om enige leidrade op te lewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kelly Smith (33) wie se kind vermis word, net buite die hokkie in Middelpos.Foto: Alida Buckle<\/div>\n
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Lede van die Vredenburg-FCS het onverpoosd met hul ondersoek voortgegaan en teen druktyd was hulle nog besig om inligting, wat tydens ondervraging by Kelly en Boeta verkry is, op te volg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die aanvanklike inligting was dat Joshlin Maandag in Boeta se sorg gelaat is \u201caangesien sy nie goed gevoel het nie\u201d. Sy is dus nie di\u00e9 dag skool toe nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daar is aanvanklik berig dat Kelly van die werk af gekom het toe sy Joshlin nie kon opspoor nie, maar ander weergawes word ook ondersoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten tyde van Joshlin se verdwyning het sy \u2019n ligblou T-hemp en \u2019n ligblou denimkortbroek gedra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly het aan Weslander <\/em>ges\u00ea sy het onmiddellik onraad vermoed toe sy by die huis kom en Joshlin nie uitkom toe sy roep nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshlin is glo baie lief vir kos en altyd eerste in die ry vir aandete, maar Maandagaand was sy skoonveld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omstanders het ges\u00ea Joshlin is \u2019n lieflike, effens teruggetrokke kind en sal nie sommer saam met \u2019n vreemdeling iewers heen gaan nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die gesin het twee jaar gelede van Diazville na Middelpos verhuis..<\/span> Enigiemand met inligting oor waar Joshlin haar bevind, word versoek om die ondersoekbeampte, AO Meyer Millstein van die Vredenburg-FCS, by 079 879 8588 te bel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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