“Today marks four years since you went missing.
We are calling on anyone with information about my son, Spencer Mandela Nakale, to call me or call the nearest police station.”
This is what Nelson Nakale (39) posted on social media a week ago.
His then three-year-old son went missing at Lüderitz three days after Christmas in 2020.
Nakale remembers happy moments with Spencer and his mom at the beach on Christmas Day four years ago.
“We had so much fun together as a family, marking our first festive season together at the town.”
Nakale believes Spencer has been kidnapped.
“I will not give up looking for my son,” he says.
Julia Ndafyaalako (33), Spencer’s mom, says she has been living with heartache and pain since Spencer’s disappearance.
“All I am pleading for is for the public to assist us. Someone at Lüderitz must have seen something,” she says.
Spencer slept over at his aunt Helena Bisof’s place just before his disappearance.
Bisof (31) says she does not understand how the toddler disappeared.
She says she left Spencer and his cousins in the care of her cousin (34) when she had to leave the house while they were sleeping.
The police’s search for Spencer moved to the rocky shoreline north of Lüderitz to Aeroplane Bay almost a week after his disappearance. They reported that the toddler was last seen wearing a red T-shirt, blue pants and sandals.
In 2021, Tim Ekandjo partnered with the Namibian Police and the //Kharas governor’s office, offering a N$25 000 reward for information that would lead to finding Spencer.
The police in the same year issued a reward of N$50 000.
National police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi says the police continue to work tirelessly on this case.
No suspect has been arrested, and no remains have been found.
“There are no new leads in the matter,” she says.
Shikwambi is appealing to the public for information.
Anyone with information is requested to urgently contact Spencer’s parents, or detective warrant officer Kenahama at
081 317 6432, or the nearest police station.
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