A senior couple from Mitchells Plain, who disappeared following their Sassa payout, has been found in Delft.
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While the family of Nightingale and Dennis April from Heinz Park have chosen to remain silent about the discovery, authorities have confirmed their safe return home.
The disappearance of the grandparents caused concern last week.
According to the Daily Voice, Juanitaa Solomons, the couple’s daughter, said that she was alerted by a neighbour when her parents did not return home on the expected day.
‘My mom is 75 and my dad is 68. They live together with my brother in Heinz Park and they were last heard of on 3 April.’
‘They left home and would normally travel with a taxi to Town Centre once a month to fetch their pension grants. On the day they went missing we realised something was wrong when the neighbour called me after 5pm asking if my mother was at my house in Mitchells Plain because they didn’t come home yet and that is when we knew something was wrong. I immediately called my mother but her cell phone was off,’ she said.
She mentioned they scoured the town centre, hospitals and mortuaries. Additionally, they found no signs of a trip being planned, as nothing was missing from the couple’s home, and their medication remained untouched.
Friday brought news that the couple had returned home, yet despite multiple attempts to reach out for an update, Solomons remained unreachable.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Poje confirmed their discovery, stating, ‘Be advised that we were informed that the couple was found and reunited with their family after an apparent visit with friends in Delft.’
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