HE WAS at home in Springbok in the Northern Cape when he got the call that made his blood run cold: his beloved daughter Joshlin was missing.
Jose Emke has barely slept a wink since he got the chilling news.
In a case that has gripped the nation, six-year-old Joshlin Smith disappeared without a trace from her home in Saldanha Bay on 19 February.
Her mother, Kelly Smith, said the little girl felt sick on the way to school so she left her in the care of her boyfriend, and when she got home she couldn’t find her anywhere and reported her missing to the police.
Jose (34) made the five-hour trip