Police urges community to help find missing person of interest

The man is wanted for questioning by the Brighton Beach Police Station pertaining to a murder case on Marine Drive.

September 23, 2025

Dillon Pillay 1 minute read

The police are calling on the community to help locate Cody Poisson, a missing person of interest. Photo: supplied.

THE Brighton Beach Detective Unit and Renegades Search and Rescue are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Cody Poisson, a person of interest in a murder case. The crime was committed on Marine Drive on September 20. The case number is CAS 130/09/25.

Also read: Police seek missing man

The police are looking for Poisson to question him regarding the Marine Drive murder.

Cody Poisson a missing person of interest. — Cody Poisson is a person of interest in a murder case. Photo: supplied

The Brighton Beach Detective Unit are calling on the public who may have seen Poisson, or who have information regarding his whereabouts, to come forward. All tips will be handled in confidence and the calls can be made anonymously.

The public are requested to contact:

• Investigating Officer Grobler- 079 500 1257

• Sgt Thomas- 078 318 5165

• Dawn Gounden– 074 712 5855

The police appealed for the public’s co-operation and alertness, and added that a small tip could get the case solved.

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September 23, 2025

Dillon Pillay 1 minute read

Dillon Pillay

He is a relatively new face in the journalism scene as he just recently graduated. He has a Bachelor in Journalism degree with a major in television. As a journalist at Southlands Sun he focuses on a variety of beats of news from hard news to social events and sports. He works as a multimedia journalist utilising his love for the camera and social media to good use.