PICS | ‘Extremely traumatised’ – Missing mom and son found and reunited with family

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Cape Town – A 27-year-old mother and her four-year-old son have been found and reunited with their family after they went missing on Thursday.

Lushka Taljaard and her son were reported missing after her husband, who last saw them around 05:00 am, could not locate them upon his return from work around 17:00 pm, police in Mpumalanga said in a statement.

“He called both phones of his wife but they were switched off. A search ensued for the missing persons and they were not found. The matter was then reported to the police.

“During investigation Lushka’s vehicle, a silver grey VW Polo R-line was found abandoned at Arnot/ Hendrina Road opposite the entrance of Kwazamokuhle Township,” said police spokesperson, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala.

According to a specialist investigator, Mike Bolhuis the “extremely traumatised” woman and her son were found after 22:00pm at a garage in Pretoria Central.

“Mrs Taljaard initially contacted her husband with their location details.
“Mrs Taljaard and her son were extremely traumatised. Our specialist task team took the exhausted mother and son to Unitas Hospital for a thorough medical examination,” he wrote in a Facebook post.
They were then reunited with her husband and family and their task team is arranging trauma counselling for them, wrote Bolhuis.

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