Racquel Smith, also known as Kelly Smith, was convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter earlier this month. The 35 ...

Joshlin Smith, 6, disappeared last February, never to be seen again. Her mother, her boyfriend and their friend have recently been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking the young girl, with ...

A South African mother and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for trafficking her ...

The courts heard from witnesses that Kelly Smith sold Joshlin Smith for her "eyes and skin" to a traditional healer.

Joshlin Smith went missing in February last year ... Police said on Thursday they had extended the search beyond South Africa's borders. South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the ...

Joshlin Smith's heartbroken grandmother Amanda Smith-Daniels made an emotional statement in court as her daughter Racquel was sentenced to life.

On Thursday, her mother, South African woman Racquel "Kelly" Smith, was found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking Joshlin, alongside accomplices, boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno ...

Joshlin Smith disappeared from her home in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, in February 2024, with it being believed her own mother sold her to a 'healer' ...

Joshlin Smith’s abduction reflects South Africa’s worsening crisis of missing girls and deep-seated human trafficking and ...

in a case that captivated South Africa. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno Van Rhyn were convicted of kidnapping and trafficking the girl, Joshlin Smith ...

Racquel 'Kelly' Smith and her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis have been sentenced to life in jail following a six week trial that heard six-year-old Joshlin Smith had been sold to a traditional healer for ...

A video clip of a laughing Joshlin Smith, who was six years old when she went missing more than a year ago in South Africa, left most people in the courtroom sobbing. It was shown during a hearing ...