The family of Lorna McSorley, a 71-year-old British woman who disappeared while hiking in South Africa in September 2025, say her case should be investigated as murder. Her brother says the family cannot grieve or settle her affairs without knowing what happened, and that the uncertainty is especially difficult.

McSorley was walking near the Ghost Mountain Inn in KwaZulu-Natal with her partner, Leon Probert, when he turned back because of the heat and distance; she continued alone and was never seen again. Police, farmers, volunteers and rangers searched the area, but detectives paused the search on 4 October and continued to treat the case as a missing-person inquiry. Some local residents have suggested she may have been abducted and killed for body parts used in “muti” rituals, but the article presents this as speculation, not an established finding.