CAPE TOWN - Children go missing in South Africa everyday.
Sadly, some are never found while many are found dead.
The story of the mysterious disappearance of Joshlin Smith is grabbing headlines as the trial got underway this week.
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More than a year later, she hasn't been found. Her mother and two others are being tried in court for her disappearance.
The first 24 hours are very crucial
Bianca van Aswegen from Missing Children SA said that, in the majority of the cases of children missing, they have seen it is people that children know and trust that can have access to the child.