WC cops slams lies about Joshlin's 'remains'

POLICE have condemned what they called a cruel social media hoax, claims that the remains of missing girl Joshlin Smith have been found.

- BY BRANDON NEL

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The posts allege that a device was used to locate decomposed remains of the child who who six years old when she disappeared two years ago.

One widely shared post claims that a cadaver dog led a private investigating team to decomposed remains in the Saldanha dunes, and that “Danie’s gadget” confirmed the findings.

Danie Krugel is a retired cop who, in 2007, made claims on national TV that he had located possible remains of girls who disappeared decades ago in Johannesburg linked to the case of paedo-phile couple Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhoff.