The disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith from Saldanha Bay remains a painful mystery, with South Africans clinging to hope that she is still alive.
Tuesday, 19 February, marks one year since the green-eyed, blonde-haired girl vanished from her home in the Middelpos informal settlement within the Diazville community.
Starr, who claims to have communicated with Joslin’s ‘spirit,’ suggests she was abused and possibly used for witchcraft. she posted a teddy bear, a picture of Elmo from Sesame Street, and a photoshopped image of Joshlin where she claimed to have channelled Joslin
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