{"id":364226,"date":"2024-10-11T21:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364226"},"modified":"2024-10-11T21:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:16:56","slug":"police-seek-public-assistance-to-find-missing-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364226","title":{"rendered":"Police seek public assistance to find missing woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Namibian Police (NamPol) is requesting the public\u2019s assistance to find Apolonia Mingana Sheehama (34), who has been missing since March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to NamPol\u2019s Head of Public Relations, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, Sheehama allegedly left her home in Otjomuise, Windhoek, in March 2022 to attend a workshop in the same area, but she failed to return home.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-14-10-24-Email-Jacobus-Retief-Outlook.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-14-10-24-Email-Jacobus-Retief-Outlook.png 701w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-14-10-24-Email-Jacobus-Retief-Outlook-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-14-10-24-Email-Jacobus-Retief-Outlook-140x190.png 140w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-14-10-24-Email-Jacobus-Retief-Outlook-78x105.png 78w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MISSING: Apolonia Mingana Sheehama (34). Photo: Namibian Police.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPrevious attempts to trace her whereabouts through various media platforms did not yield any positive results,\u201d Shikwambi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She revealed that Sheehama speaks Oshiwambo, English, Afrikaans, Damara-Nama, and Portuguese. Shikwambi described Sheehama as being of brown complexion, 1.67 m tall, and last seen with long braided dreadlocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheehama has also previously gone missing, with incidents reported in 2015 and again in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone with information on Sheehama\u2019s whereabouts is urged to report to the nearest police station or contact Detective Sergeant Neumbo on 081 482 5164 or Sheehama\u2019s mother on 081 278 1282.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE Namibian Police (NamPol) is requesting the public\u2019s assistance to find Apolonia Mingana Sheehama (34), who has been missing since March 2022. According to NamPol\u2019s Head of Public Relations, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, Sheehama allegedly left her home in Otjomuise, Windhoek, in March 2022 to attend a workshop in the same area, but &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":364227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police seek public assistance to find missing woman - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Namibian Police (NamPol) is requesting the public\u2019s assistance to find Apolonia Mingana Sheehama (34), who has been missing since...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364226\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police seek public assistance to find missing woman - 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