Parys community unites to find missing 5-year-old girl
Police divided community members into search teams to try and find a child who went missing on Friday.
About 100 community members and members of Tumahole and Parys SAPS in the Free State this morning joined forces to search for missing five-year-old Keith Sithole.
Keith was last seen on Friday around Letshaba Street in Tumahole at about 14:00, wearing a black dress with green flowers and black shoes.
According to Keith’s mom Kelly, she came from school and walked to a neighbouring house to buy iced cold drink. When she could not find any, she went to a nearby tuck shop where she was last seen. The tuck shop is within a 1km radius of her home.
Kelly said Keith was not a child who walked around. The family searched for her and reported her missing at the Tumahole SAPS on Saturday. Police and members of the K9 Unit from Welkom searched for her relentlessly over the weekend.
Pamphlets were distributed this morning at a gathering at the taxi rank in Tumahole from where the public and police were divided into search teams by Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Jansen van Rensburg, the station commander of the Tumahole SAPS.
It was indicated on a map which areas would be searched on foot and she specifically asked people to pay attention to furrows and open manholes into which she could have fallen.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Tumahole Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offenses Unit’s Detective Sergeant Noliyiswa Masondo on 082 049 5208, the Tumahole police station or Crime Stop on 08600 10111. Anonymous tips can be reported on the MySAPS App.
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