MISA urges early missing person reports
The non-profit organisation, Missing in Southern Africa (MISA), has urged families to report missing persons immediately.
MISA’s call follows the recent discovery of eight women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg.
The organisation says every disappearance must be treated seriously, and that early reporting is critical to investigations.
MISA Media Liaison Officer Priya Ranchod has advised families that there is no 24-hour waiting period to report a missing person.
Ranchod says, “Families actually need to act very early, whether it’s a child, an adult or a friend or a colleague that goes missing.
No one knows what may have happened to a person once they’ve disappeared and every circumstance could involve a number of different possibilities, including a person being in danger, becoming a victim of crime, being involved in an accident, they could’ve become ill while on their way to work or anywhere.” “The earlier a missing person is reported, the sooner the appropriate authorities and organisations can begin looking for them and actually follow up on any possible leads,” adds Ranchod.
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