Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Police search for three missing persons

By Rhodé Marshall
20 February 2008

Police are requesting the assistance of the public in the search for three people who have been reported missing by their families.

Hambiwe Chirua, a 32-year-old woman from Malawi arrived in Cape Town on 15 February 2008. Superintendent André Traut says Chirua left the home of her employee on the 17th in Wynberg but failed to return to her residence.

“She was last seen in a white top and a black skirt, she is a foreigner and not familiar with Cape Town at all. The last news on her whereabouts is that she made a telephone call to her husband in Malawi from a pay phone that was traced to an address in Bellville,” says Traut.

51-year-old Christopher Cupido who is mentally challenged disappeared on February 16, after he left his Elsies River home. Cupido was wearing a blue shirt and a brown corduroy trouser.



“58-year-old John Rozana also a mentally challenged person disappeared on Friday 15 February. He left his residence dressed in a light grey jersey, an orange cap, a black jacket and a grey and tracksuit pants,” says Traut.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Hambiwe Chirua can contact the Wynberg Police station on 021 799 1300. Information on where Christopher Cupido and John Rozana is, call the Elsies River police on 021 933 0304. Alternatively call Crime Stop on 08600 10111.

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