Hillcrest family desperate to find missing son
Updated | By Lauren Hendricks
A Durban mother is pleading for her son to come home.
Matthew Pretorius of Hillcrest has been missing since Sunday.
The 36-year-old was last seen in Westville.
His mother, Bonnie Pretorius, says his car was spotted travelling down the south coast.
She says they were told that the vehicle was later found in Kokstad with an empty tank.
Pretorius says her son is suffering with depression.
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She says she hasn't slept since his disappearance.
"It’s not easy and it’s a shock because he’s not himself. I'm worried about him - what he might do.
It’s just very heartbreaking. He's my third child and people know how close we are. It just makes me so sad."
A missing person’s case has been opened at Westville SAPS.
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