UPDATE: Mother of missing Wentworth man shares her pain
If you are reading this Brent, please come home, come back to us. Mummy misses you so much."
TWO weeks after Wentworth man, Brent Patrick John Kelly went missing, his devastated mother, Michelle Williams has opened up to the SUN about her ordeal.
She was the last person to see him board a taxi heading to Newlands East to visit his cousin.
“He told me he wanted to visit his cousin and I watched him get into the taxi. That’s the last time I saw him. He never arrived in Newlands,” she said, tearing up.
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The 23-year-old man is the second eldest of her children and the family is not doing well, not knowing where he is or if he is alright. “This is unusual behaviour on his part, this is the first time he has gone missing. Brent is such a quiet person and withdrawn. If you are reading this Brent, please come home, come back to us. Mummy misses you so much,” she cried.
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She thanked the community for being so active in the search for her son, since he disappeared on Thursday, 11 October.
“Words can’t describe how grateful I am for the community, my friends and neighbours who have gone out of their way to help. Without them I wouldn’t be coping,” she added.
The community members organised a taxi to help in the search and printed flyers which they distributed to help find Brent.
Kelly is a tall and fair complexioned coloured man, with brown hair and a moustache. He was last seen wearing a navy blue BVB shirt, greyshorts withh red stripes on the side and a pair of grey Adidas takkies.
Anyone who has any information on his whereabouts should contact Wentworth SAPS on 031-451-6240/1/2 or 08600-10111.
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