Missing woman found asleep in her own bed after family launches search
Concern quickly turned to panic when the person who eventually answered her phone sounded unfamiliar.
What began as a frantic search for a missing woman ended with an explanation many can relate to, she had simply overslept.
The family of a 32-year-old woman contacted Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) last week after she was last seen the previous night and failed to respond to messages.
Concern quickly turned to panic when the person who eventually answered her phone sounded unfamiliar.
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Fearing she had been abducted and was being held against her will, the family provided Rusa with her image and details, prompting a social media alert and the deployment of officers to search for her and follow up on leads.
Prem Balram, spokesperson for Rusa, said hours later, they received an update from the same family living under the same roof in eThekwini that the woman had been found asleep in her own bed.
Balram said the woman had overslept and, in a sleep-induced haze, answered her own phone in a voice so groggy that even her family did not recognise her.
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The dramatic search ended not with a daring rescue, but with what may be one of KwaZulu-Natal’s most relatable plot twists, the missing person had simply hit snooze a little too hard.
