Help police find missing Barberton teenager, Tanica Sanderson
Bernard Sanderson appeals to anyone who may know her whereabouts to contact police so she may be returned home safely.
BARBERTON – Bernard Sanderson is looking for his 14-year-old daughter, Tanica, who disappeared from home with friends on June 29. According to Bernard, the teenager and a group of friends left home to attend an event in either Ngodini or Lekazi over the school holidays.
He said that he does not recall the clothing she wore at the time of her disappearance, but that she is approximately 1,4 metres tall, wears earrings in both ears and that her phone is still active.
The distraught father has since opened a missing persons case with the Barberton police and is desperate to have her returned home unharmed.
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He said, “Rumours have been doing the rounds that she was spotted at a shopping complex in Lekazi last week and her phone is on, but I am concerned about who she may be with.
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“I don’t know if she is being held against her will. It’s been almost a whole month now and she still has not come back home. In the world we live in, there are scary things which are happening involving young girls and I worry about her safety and well-being every day.”
Tanica is a grade nine pupil at Barberton Secondary School and her absence from school means that she is missing out on her education, which has her father worried.
According to Bernard, she has contacted him telephonically to inform him that she would be home, but has failed to return. Anyone who may have information which could lead to her safe return, is asked to contact the investigating officer, Sgt Nhleko, on 083-516-7479 or Bernard Sanderson on 082-488-1100.
