{"id":385052,"date":"2025-11-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=385052"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:05:52","slug":"police-seek-public-help-to-trace-missing-windhoek-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=385052","title":{"rendered":"Police seek public help to trace missing windhoek teen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Namibian Police in the Khomas Region are appealing for public assistance in locating 18-year-old Sophia Mutengo Namukuwa, who went missing from her home on Outapi Street, Havana, Windhoek, on 1 November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sophia left her house at around 15:30 and has not returned. She is a Rukwangali speaker and was last seen wearing a black and white dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police have so far been unable to locate her and are urging anyone with information about her whereabouts, or Sophia herself, to contact Detective Inspector Sinvula at 061 209 6218 or 081 369 1869.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Namibian Police Windhoek thanked the public for their cooperation and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE Namibian Police in the Khomas Region are appealing for public assistance in locating 18-year-old Sophia Mutengo Namukuwa, who went missing from her home on Outapi Street, Havana, Windhoek, on 1 November 2025. Sophia left her house at around 15:30 and has not returned. 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