The case of a missing girl has captured the nation in South Africa as the navy was brought to help with the search.Joslin Smith, 6, has been missing for three weeks after disappearing on February 19 in the Saldanha Bay area on South Africa’s west coast, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Cape Town.
Police, firefighters, and specialized dog units have scoured sand dunes and scrub land near the informal settlement of shacks and small houses where Joslin lived.Search teams have used drones to view large areas of ground, police said, and personnel from a South African navy base in Saldanha Bay have now bolstered the operation.
Hundreds of community members have also been involved in the search, and some of them claimed this weekend to have found a knife and a girl’s clothing stained with blood, which they said they handed over to police.
Police said they had sent items found during the search to a laboratory for forensic examination without saying what exactly was discovered.Western Cape police also confirmed that detectives are currently questioning four people as part of an extensive investigation into the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith in Saldanha Bay.
According to sources close to the investigation, as reported by Netwerk24, two out of the four suspects purportedly admitted to selling Joslin to a Middelpos individual for R20,000. The revelation sheds light on the circumstances surrounding Joslin’s disappearance and implicates individuals in a potential trafficking scheme.
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