The search for an American woman who went missing on Monday continues, with police and volunteers calling for public assistance in finding her.
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The 38-year-old woman, Julie Goodness, was last seen on Bellevue Street in the Higgovale area on Monday morning.
She is known to be a regular trail runner and is believed to have walked towards Table Mountain.
Goodness was last seen wearing a purple/pink long-sleeved sports top, blue jeans, colourful sneakers, an oversized jacket, and a white canvas bag.
According to police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie, a search was under way in the Table Mountain area.
‘Cape Town Central SAPS has opened a missing’s person file and commenced with a multi-disciplinary search for the missing 38-year-old who was last seen leaving her place of accommodation yesterday morning, Monday, 24 April 2023 at about 7:45am.’
‘It is reported that she left with a bag and was wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans, hiking shoes and a navy blue K-Way jacket.’
‘Search and Rescue from the police and volunteers are combing the Table Mountain area in an attempt to trace the missing lady,’ Pojie said.
Meanwhile, the Atlantic Seaboard Community Forum urged anyone with information to contact the police.
‘The (white) American female is approximately 1.6m tall, weighs approximately 50kg with dark brown hair and blue/dark eyes. Her hair is usually worn in a ponytail and she speaks with an American accent,’ they said.
Goodness is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Stockholm Resilience Centre, according to her LinkedIn page, while a post on the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) website states: Julie Goodness is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Global Risk Governance programme’s Art of Resilience project.
Her disappearance comes after German tourist Nick Frischke went missing in the Hangberg area in February.
He is yet to be found.
Anyone with information on Goodness’s whereabouts is requested to call the investigating officer, JP Toua at 079 522 1751 or anonymously contact Crime Stop on 0860010111 or SMS Crime Line on 32211.
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