Anita Swaak
Sex: F
Age: 29 (at the time of disappearance)
Nationality: South Africa
Build: normal
Stature: 175
Eyes: blacks
Hair: black
Clothing: He wore a Turquoise colored backpack and wore a white cap with a green "N".
Distinguishing marks: They had a small mascot that was a small teddy bear.
Disappeared from: Naxos (Greece)
Publication date: 07/05/1996
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Anita Swaak and her boyfriend Delarey Mc William Smith disappeared in
Greece in May 1993. Originally from South Africa, both wealthy and well-off, they set out in September 1992 for a trip around Europe for about a year. At first they stopped in London. For about four months they did odd jobs, which still allowed him to buy a small camper.
In January 1993 the two boys left for Holland where they stopped until April, working in a flower nursery. Then they crossed Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and European Turkey with the camper, arriving in just over fifteen days in Athens. Here on May 12, 1993
, Anita's mother joined them by plane, to spend a few days together. It was then that the two boys expressed the desire to visit Italy, fascinated by its landscapes and its works of art. Anita, in addition to the South African passport, was in possession of a Dutch passport and had no problem entering Italy. Instead, Delarey was waiting for a visa to be issued by
the Italian Consulate in Athens . In fact, for non-EU citizens, the visa must be requested by the Consulate of the country of origin, and the tourist must also prove that he has enough money to be able to keep during the trip.
Just in those days Delarey had phoned his father, in Capetown, to try and get help speeding up the practice through the Italian embassy in South Africa. As for the money, despite being in possession of several credit cards and despite being his father very well off, Delarey declared that he intends to sell the camper (which he did a few days later). On May 14, Anita, her mother, and Delarey boarded for Mikonos, where they spent four days together.
The two boys plan the return to South Africa for the following August, on the occasion of the marriage of Anita's sister, in fact they had a reservation on the flight SA-237 London-Cape Town for August 13, 1993. Delarey also told the mother of Anita to have received from the father the news of the authorization via fax to the Italian Consulate of Athens for the granting of the visa, while not in the slightest hint of the economic problem. In fact, at the consulate they argue that Delarey never even came back to fill out the visa application form.
On May 18, the three sailed again, and soon after they parted: Anita's mother went on to the island of Santorini while Delarey and Anita went down to the island of Naxos, saying that the same evening they would return to Athens to then continue to Patras, then to Italy, France and London. Anita's mother never imagined that this would be the last time she saw her daughter. In fact it is precisely in Naxos that their traces begin to get lost.The island is quite large and in May it is already crowded with tourists: the only one who remembers seeing them is
Mr. Iannis , the owner of a restaurant. During the previous months, Anita and Delarey had always kept in regular contact with their families.
When
Mr. Swaak's birthday on July 13, Anita did not even make a call of good wishes, the two families now in anguish decided to spread appeals on Greek radio and television, and to have hundreds of manifestos printed in various languages.
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