CAPTION CORRECTS DATE The mother of missing 6-year-old Joslin Smith, Kelly Smith, appears in court in Vredenburg, South Africa, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Smith has been charged with kidnapping and ...

Racquel Smith, also known as Kelly Smith, was convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter earlier this month. The 35 ...

The girl went missing more than a year ago ... was broadcast by news stations across South Africa as police then launched a nationwide hunt. Smith said she had left Joshlin with her boyfriend ...

Joslin Smith went missing on Feb. 19 in the Saldanha Bay area on South Africa's west coast, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Cape Town. Police, firefighters and specialized K-9 dog units ...

A young South ... Africa and despite a highly publicised search for her, she is yet to be found. Ms Smith initially said that ...

The mother of a missing ... in South Africa has been jailed for life, highlighting the problem of human trafficking in the country. Show more A South African woman, Racquel "Kelly" Smith, her ...

(Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) Even as her mother was jailed for life yesterday, the real tragedy about Joshlin Smith’s disappearance is that she joins a long line of missing girls over ...

Talbot highlights this amid the heart-wrenching case of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, who went missing ... According to Missing Children South Africa, a child is reported missing every five hours ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The mother of a 6-year-old girl who has been missing in South Africa for nearly three weeks was arrested and charged Thursday with kidnapping and selling or trafficking ...

This photo supplied by the South African Police Services shows a photo of Joshlin Smith who went missing on Feb. 19 in the Saldanha Bay area on South Africa's west coast, sparking a search by police.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP ... One of the men is Smith's boyfriend. She claimed she left Joslin with him on Feb. 19 while she went to work. Joslin was reported missing that day.