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LEHURUTSHE POLICE REQUEST COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING MISSING 1-YEAR 1O MONTH-OLD BABY: POTCHEFSTROOM
2023/03/08      |  Written By:  Lieutenant Colonel A Funani   |   Province:  North West

POTCHEFSTROOM: 07 March 2023 -The police in Lehurutshe are searching for a 1-year and 10 month-old Keotshepile Molefe, who went missing on Friday, 3 March 2023 at Dinokana Village in Lehurutshe, outside Zeerust.  Keotshepile was allegedly last seen in the morning at about 9:00, when he followed a family member staying opposite his mother’s house to fetch water at a nearby water pump.

According to allegations the family member came back and went to drop the bucket of water inside her house and the baby was playing outside the yard, but when she came back from her house, she could not find Keotshepile. The mother of the child also did not know where her baby boy was and they searched the village without success. An enquiry of a missing person was registered at Lehurutshe police station on Friday, 3 March 2023. 

Keotshepile was wearing a blue t-shirt with black number print on it and a nappy during his time of disappearance. He is light in completion with a brush cut hair style.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts can contact the Investigating Officer, Warrant Officer Lebogang Motsikoa of the Lehurutshe Family Violence Child Protection  and Sexual offences Unit (FCS)  on the following cell phone number: 082 856 1123. Anonymous tip-offs can also be communicated via the My SAPS App or you can phone Crime Stop on 08600 10111.