Cape Town – Police need your helping in finding a six-month-old baby boy who was taken by an unknown woman on Monday in Khayelitsha.
According to povincial police, the infant was in the care of his aunt when she left him with a woman while visiting a nearby shop.
Police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg did not release information regarding the child’s name or where his mother was at the time of his disappearance.
He explained: “Khayelitsha FCS Unit is seeking the assistance of the public to trace a six month old baby boy depicted in the photograph who was taken by an unknown women on Monday, December 5.
“According to reports the child was left with the women while the aunt went into a shop and when she returned the women and the child were both missing.
“Anyone with information that can assist with the investigation is kindly requested to contact the investigating officer Captain Trevor Nash on 082 301 8910 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.”
In April, two-month-old Ka-isha Meniers was kidnapped by a woman outside the Shoprite in Bishop Lavis.
To date there has been no new leads in the Bishop Lavis baby’s case.
Last week, MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagan Allen released second quarter of crime statistics.
He said there had been moer than 200 kidnappings recorded, some relating to sexual crimes and domestic issues including a demand for ransom and extortion.
“Pertaining to kidnappings, the second quarter crime statistics show us that the Western Cape had 248 kidnappings reported, which is an increase of 13.2%.
“The three main reasons for kidnapping in the Western Cape were hijacking related (20.6%), robbery related (16.9%) and revenge, retaliation, punishment related (8.45%). 16 of the kidnappings were rape related and 14 were domestic related. Only eight (3.2%) were ransom related, and 6 (2.4%) were extortion related. We will continue engaging police and all relevant stakeholders around the extortions, regardless of the sector in which it might occur.
“Criminals are seeing opportunities to expand their illegal activities, but we will do everything in our power to be interrupters of their efforts.
“I encourage businesses to be vigilant and report any form of intimidation or extortion attempts to the police so that offenders can be arrested and be sent to jail.”