JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have confirmed that a deaf mute ‘youngster’ dropped off on the Mamelodi Police Station final week has been reunited together with his household.
A collection of alerts have been circulated by way of social media on Wednesday whereas the social improvement housed him a spot of security.
RT #sapsGP Mamelodi East #SAPS seeks the household of a deaf-mute boy aged btw 12 & thirteen. Contact 012 815 7006/seventy nine/eighty. ME pic.twitter.com/NS9pND15kM
— SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) Might 5, 2016
Police say the native station was ultimately contacted by the household on the weekend.
The ‘boy’, who has been recognized as a 20-yr-previous man named Samkelo from Krugersdorp, apparently has a behavior of disappearing.
The police’s Johannes Maheso says, “The household confirmed that he has a behavior of disappearing for 2 to 3 days however once I requested them why they didn’t report it, they stated usually after two or three days they knew the place to seek out him. That’s the reason why they didn’t report the case.”
Maheso has urged the general public to urgently report lacking individuals.
“Individuals should not suspect that that is one thing standard, they need to make a report shortly to the police so that a search is established as shortly as potential. “