{"id":298610,"date":"2020-11-27T06:56:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T04:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=298610"},"modified":"2020-11-27T06:56:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T04:56:28","slug":"walvis-bay-man-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=298610","title":{"rendered":"Walvis Bay man missing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE 35-year-old Pieter Johannes Bothma has disappeared without a trace and the Namibian Police have requested the public to assist them in finding him again.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the report provided by the Namibian Police in the Erongo Region, Bothma was reported missing by his wife on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bothma was last seen by his wife on Tuesday evening at their home, in Etosha Street in the Meersig residential area of Walvis Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Walvis-Bay-man-missing.png\" alt=\"Walvis Bay man missing Pieter Johannes Bothma disappeared Namibian Police public assist\" class=\"wp-image-298615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Walvis-Bay-man-missing.png 235w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Walvis-Bay-man-missing.png 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><figcaption>MISSING MAN: Pieter Johannes Bothma has not been seen or heard of since he left home in the Meersig residential area of Walvis Bay on Wednesday morning \u2013 Photo: Courtesy of NamPol Erongo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When his wife reported him missing she said he left the house on Wednesday morning at around 07:00 while she was still asleep.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has not been seen or heard of since then. His mobile phone has gone unanswered and seems to be switched off.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the couple had an argument on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bothma\u2019s wife could not give a description of the clothes he was wearing when he left home on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any person with information about his whereabouts is requested to contact Detective Chief Inspector Gurirab at 081 318 2181 or Detective Inspector Ambambi at 081 640 1600 or the nearest Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":298614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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