Missing Children:

Joyce Du Preez	Derwalt Du Preez	Lewis Du Preez

Vincent man wants two grandsons back
By Matt Ramsden
Crime Reporter

EAST LONDON -- A Vincent man has appealed for the safe return of his two grandsons -- a week after his step-daughter "disappeared" with them in contravention of a court order. Mr Louis du Preez said 22-year-old Mrs Louise "Joyce" du Preez left the family home early last Tuesday evening with Lewis "Macgyver", 3, and Grens Pre-Primary pupil Dewald, 5. The mother, who is married to Du Preez' son Ronald, 26, is said to have left home on six previous occasions. Du Preez said his son had obtained a court order in January which ordered that the children should be under his supervision or someone nominated by him at all times. Mrs Du Preez apparently told friends she had "met" a man on the Internet and was running away to Johannesburg to live with him. The 44-year-old secu-rity firm owner alleged she stole a R5800 camera, a R900 cellphone and a R4000 computer. A case of theft and two missing person cases have been opened at the Cambridge police station. On Sunday evening the family received a call from the missing woman, who told them the children were all right. Du Preez said there was a man's voice in the background and the family thinks she and the children are still in East London. He appealed for anyone with information about his grandsons' whereabouts to contact the police or himself on (043) 727-0674.


Missing Vincent boys, mom found
By Matt Ramsden
Crime Reporter

EAST LONDON -- A Vincent woman who "disappeared" last week with her two children was found in Gauteng on Wednesday, police said yesterday. Louise "Joyce" du Preez, 22, left the family home with her sons Lewis "Macgyver," three, and Dewald, five. Du Preez's stepfather, Louis du Preez, told the Daily Dispatch that by order of the court the two boys are to be in the supervision of their father at all times. Louis Du Preez circulated details of the missing family members to media around the country after it was revealed she had told friends about a man in Johannesburg she had met over the Internet. On Wednesday morning he hired Arcadia-based private investigator Christian Botha who hit the headlines early this year when he found two Clarendon High School girls who had run away to Cape Town. Within 90 minutes, Botha had located the woman and children in Randburg where they were staying with an unidentified man. Botha said he had handed over the information to Du Preez who had placed it in the hands of his legal representative and a plan was made to fly the children back to East London last night.
 

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