Okay, so missing people in Johannesburg is probably something "normal". Infact, at some point I was probably a missing person myself! I don't know, it's different this time, the first time I saw the poster on the glass doors of our campass cafeteria, my heart sank. I don't even know her personally, she's one of those random girls I've seen around on campass for the past 3 years, but seeing her picture on a 'missing persons' document made me really sad. I imagined what her family is going through: going to bed every night not knowing if your child is dead or alive and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it! She dissapeared without a trace. It's been more than a month now. I want to hope she's alive but watching the news everyday is really probing the splinter of doubt in my mind. Last week a naked, headless body (which according to police, fit her description) was found in an open veld in surrounding areas but when the family saw the body, they confirmed it wasn't her. A friend of mine says it would've been better if the headless body was their daughter's. Yes, if she's dead they need her body to bury, but finding her like that would've been more traumatic in my opinion. Is it better to live with hope that your loved one is still alive, or to find their body? I wouldn't know. I hope I never have to know.
