BLOEMFONTEIN. – Parkweg police in Bloemfontein are appealing to the public to help with the search for Estie Rykheer (48), who has been missing since 25 September. According to police, she left her home that day in her boyfriend's vehicle, a Volkswagen Polo Playa 1.6, and has not been seen since.
According to information shared by Missing Person South Africa, Estie was last seen around 12:30 that day at the Louchloagan residential complex in the West End area of Bloemfontein. She reportedly told her loved ones that she was going around the corner to do washing. Her boyfriend, Neal Shand, later asked for help with the search. The family say Estie withdrew money from her bank account on the day of her disappearance. Her cell phone has been switched off or is no longer working since then. She reportedly also did not have her identity document with her.
According to information that Neal says police provided to him, the vehicle was spotted on 29 September at a Shell petrol station in Drie Susters. The Volkswagen Polo's registration number is CL 11 WV ZN, and it has a black door on the passenger side. A thin spare wheel was fitted on the left rear of the vehicle. The family say the vehicle was taken without the owner's permission. It is not known whether Estie herself was driving the vehicle or was a passenger in it when it was spotted in Drie Susters.
Anyone with information about Estie is asked to call Const. Shikishi on 051 448 1701. The family's contact details are: Corné (sister): 083 456 5683, Neal Shand (boyfriend): 060 345 6639. The public can also call Rian Carstensen, a senior administrative clerk of the police, on 051 503 2852 or 084 604 0089.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
