Amount of sympathy for kidnapper shocking

JUST over 24 years and four months ago, my eldest son disappeared, seemingly into thin air.

He was 21 years and two weeks old. More than two years later we discovered he had been murdered.

Even though the people who killed him received a jail sentence, they never revealed to us what they did with his remains, and if they could be recovered.

Their evil deed almost destroyed me as a person, and also my family, because of all the emotions it evoked.

I have been reading the newspapers, and have also seen the TV coverage of Zephany Nurse who was stolen from her biological mother when she was 3 days old.

What amazes me is the amount of sympathy that is being extended to the woman who stole her.

This woman knew exactly what she was doing. I believe she registered the birth of the child six years later, outside Cape Town, and I also believe there are others who knew about this evil deed.

We now hear of how well Zephany was cared for, and what a good mother this woman was to her kidnapped child.

But let’s not forget the 17 years of trauma Zephany’s parents had to endure, and I’m almost sure they went through emotions that severely tested their marriage.

I have no sympathy for this woman, especially with so many babies available who could be adopted.

And let’s not forget Zephany who, at the age of 17, now has to make decisions and deal with turmoil, instead of looking ahead to her life as a young adult, all because of some evil deed that took place 17 years ago.

Muizenberg, Cape Town