Mom struggling with son’s disappearance
“He’s tall, has a beard, skinny, light-skinned, a full head of hair and has piercings on his ears.”
A Pretoria North mother is still struggling to come to terms with her 24-year-old son’s disappearance seven months ago.
“My mom is not coping at work,” said Thando, the sister of Tshepiso van Rooyen, who was last seen on 31 July last year.
“Like the rest of the family, she’s not taking his disappearance well and our dad is trying to be strong.
“We don’t know what he was wearing on the day, because no one saw him when he left the house,” Thando told Rekord.
She said they were constantly hoping and waiting on a phone call from either him or someone else who could at least tell them they were either with him or had seen him.
“He’s tall, skinny, has a beard and is light-skinned with a full head of hair and has piercings on his ears,” she said.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Matsobane Mabusela confirmed a missing person docket was opened for investigation.
“We’ve searched as far as Hillbrow for him, but we have not yet found him,” he said.
Mabusela further called on anyone who had information about Van Rooyen’s disappearance or knew his whereabouts to contact the Akasia police station 012-541-1005.
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