Nick Frischke remains missing days after he was last seen at the foot of a hiking trail in Cape Town.
Nick Frischke missing: Where was he last seen alive?
The family of the German solo traveller has been on a social media campaign to raise awareness about the 22-year-old’s mysterious disappearance.
According to Tom Frischke, Nick’s brother, the 22-year-old has been on holiday in Cape Town since Tuesday, 6 February 2023, residing at an AirBnB in Pinelands.
Concerns about his whereabouts grew when Tom and his family could not reach the solo traveller on Wednesday, 15 February 2023, after he’d informed them he was going on a hike at Table Mountain.
CCTV footage shared by the South African National Parks (SANParks) organisation showed the last known sighting of the solo traveller, as he made his way up Table Mountain via the popular Karbonkelberg trail, minutes after he had disembarked from an Uber.
A day earlier, on Tuesday, 14 February 2023, Nick Frischke was spotted shopping at the V&A Waterfront.
In a statement, Cape Town police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi revealed that the solo traveller had left his AirBnB at around 10:00 on foot “wearing blue denim shorts with white tekkies and a beige T-shirt and a backpack.”
It was initially believed that Frischke had not returned from his trip to the V&A Waterfront, but the SANParks CCTV footage suggests otherwise.
More concerning, according to his brother, Nick had signed up for surfing lessons which were scheduled to start on Thursday, 16 February 2023, but he never showed up.
Neither has he returned to the AirBnB to retrieve his belongings.
“All his stuff is still there. Thursday he signed up for a surf course and he never showed up for. We don’t know what to do and think that he is in a helpless situation. The mountain guard and local police, as well as the Germans, are informed,” Tom wrote.
The 22-year-old’s whereabouts are still the subject of an intense investigation headed up by Pinelands police. It’s believed SANParks has also joined the search.
Cape Town residents are advised to be on the lookout for a slender 22-year-old male with these identifiers:
- Build: Slender
- Hair: Brown
- Height: 1.75m
- Nose: Pointed
- Ears: Prominent
- Lips: Thin upper, thick lower
This is a developing story.