Friend of Gert van Rooyen victim says it's still difficult to find closure
A KZN woman who was a close friend of a girl who went missing in the late 80's says there will not be closure unless her remains are found.
14-year-old Tracy-Lee Scott Crossley, from Randburg in Johannesburg, went missing in 1988 after she was allegedly lured into a car by paedophile and serial killer Gert van Rooyen. She is one of at least 6 girls who were allegedly kidnapped and killed.
Their bodies have never been found.
Scott Crossley's friend spoke to Newswatch a day after KZN police stopped excavation at Blythedale beach on the North Coast, where a victim was believed to have been buried. The woman says with Scott Crossley not being found, it is hard to move on.
"There has been no evidence to prove that they have been murdered or if they are still alive. So living like that where you do not know or you are unsure must be very traumatic for the families," she said.
She recalls how families frantically tried to look for the girls when they went missing.
"The families must have sent out thousands of pamphlets with pictures on them, including searching for her. They probably still have sleepless nights because it is an unsolved mystery what happened to this girl," the woman said.