Police Minister Bheki Cele has pleaded with parents to be vigilant when allowing friends or even family to have access to their children.
National Case Officer at Missing Children South Africa, Bianca van Aswegen says there is an increasing number of children that are kidnapped and family abduction.
“Most of our cases that we have dealt with, kidnappings that are actually related to family members and family friends, and this could be revenge attacks or ransom demands,” says Aswegen.
Cele was speaking at a memorial service for murdered nine year -old Miguel Louw in Durban. After going missing since July, Louw’s decomposed body was found recently just a few metres from the house of the man arrested for his disappearance. The suspect happens to be a family friend.
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