NgoLwesihlanu ngomhla ka 2 Meyi 2025, iNkantolo eNkulu yaseWestern Cape ilahle uRacquel “Kelly” Smith, isoka lakhe uJacquen “Boeta” Appollis, kanye nomngani wabo uSteveno van Rhyn ngokuthumba nokushushumbisa abantu ngokunyamalala kukaJoshlin Smith waseMiddelpos, eSaldanha Bay, ngoFebhuwari 149, 20 nomholi we-Alliance. UGayton McKenzie ufunge wagomela ukuthi uzoqhubeka nokuthungatha uJoshlin, ekholwa ukuthi uyaphila.
UMcKenzie, owanikeza umehlokaboni ka-R1 million waxhasa ngezindiza ezinophephela emhlane nezinja ezihogelayo, uyazichitha izinsolo zokuthi uJoshlin wadayiswa ngomuthi. Usola u-Ayanda Letoni, owayeyisoka likafakazi wombuso u-Lourentia Lombaard, owahlela lobu bugebengu, futhi wenza izimangalo ezingenabufakazi ngokumelene nemeya yaseSaldanha Bay.
Icala lathinta iNingizimu Afrika, indima kaMcKenzie eyasusa inkulumompikiswano. Umphenyi wamaphoyisa uCaptain Wesley Lombard uthe izingosi zikaMcKenzie ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kanye nemininingwane engamanga yeTikTok zivimbe uphenyo. UMcKenzie uyagcizelela ukuthi ungenelele ngemuva kwezinsolo zokuthi amaphoyisa ayeke ukuthungatha zingakapheli izinsuku eziyisithupha, ethi usize ekutholeni abasolwa. Ukuthungathwa kukaJoshlin kuyaqhubeka, akukho mkhondo wakhe otholakele naphezu kwemizamo eminingi, okuhlanganisa nokubandakanyeka kwe-Interpol.