Mnr, Jan Brink is ’n bejaarde inwoner wat aan alzheimers ly, en het al voorheen weggeraak.

Koppiestraat bestuurder, Olga Smith, sê dat mnr. Brink saam met sy seun gery het.

Hy het geen besittings saam geneem of sy woning gesluit nie. Hulle het intussen niks van hom gehoor nie, en mnr. Brink se susters is baie bekommerd oor sy welstand.

Die polisie en noodgroepe is bewus van sy verdwyning.

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