WATCH: Excavation for missing girl in Gert van Rooyen case

Gert van Rooyen missing girls search resumes at Blythdale Beach

Dave Savides/Orrin Singh

June 14, 2017

Forensic service members on scene at Blythdale Beach during the excavation this afternoon - PHOTO: Orrin Singh

‘I have hope – but I am a realist.’

The words of Natasha Boucher (43), oldest sister of one of the six girls who went missing nearly 30 years ago, believed to have been abducted by the infamous paedophile Gert van Rooyen.

Natasha Boucher, oldest sister of Odette has been at Blythdale Beach since Sunday – PHOTO: Dave Savides

She was speaking to the ZO from Blythedale Beach on Wednesday afternoon, where forensic officers were excavating a sand dune outfall pipeline where, new information suggests, at least one of the girl’s bodies may lie buried.

The six girls who are believed to have been abducted by pedophile Gert van Rooyen in 1988-1989

Natasha spoke wistfully of the day in which her sister Odette (11) went missing in 1989 while on her way to the public pool with another of the abducted girls.

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