CAPTION CORRECTS DATE The mother of missing 6-year-old Joslin Smith, Kelly Smith, appears in court in Vredenburg, South Africa, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Smith has been charged with kidnapping and selling or trafficking her daughter in a shocking twist in a case that has enraptured the country and sparked deep anger in the small, poor coastal community where the family lives. (AP Photo)
This photo supplied by the South African Police Services shows a photo of Joslin Smith who went missing on Feb. 19 in the Saldanha Bay area on South Africa's west coast, sparking a search by police. The mother of a 6-year-old girl who has been missing in South Africa for nearly three weeks was arrested and charged Thursday with kidnapping and selling or trafficking her daughter, a shocking twist in a case that has seized the country's attention and sparked deep anger in the small, poor coastal community where the family lives. (South African Police Services via AP)