Missing Stellenbosch students

Leila Lees (18) and Ethan Kirkland (22) were reported missing from Stellenbosch on Saturday afternoon.

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SAPS has confirmed that a search for the couple is underway and an investigation has been launched into their disappearance. It's believed a Whatsapp group dedicated to finding the couple has over 500 members. "The couple were last seen leaving The Niche apartment block, where Kirkland stays, at around midnight on Friday 21 October, according to Mila Lees, Leila’s sister," according to 18-year-old Leila Lees and her boyfriend Ethan Kirkland, 22, have been missing from Stellenbosch since Friday evening. Concern growing for teens missing from Stellenbosch since Friday

A young couple disappeared without a trace in Stellenbosch over the weekend. Concerned family and Friends are pleading for help in the search for the teens.

But Midlane has also pleaded with the City of The search effort has amassed a following of 500 [Cape Town](https://briefly.co.za/tag/cape-town/) to make more resources available for the search for the couple, calling for helicopters and more boots on the ground. STELLENBOSCH - A teenage couple from Stellenbosch has mysteriously disappeared without a trace, promoting family and friends' desperate search for the missing teens. Worried family and friends have taken to social media to plead for help in finding the teens. - The teens' loved ones and parents have taken to social media to plead for assistance from the public

The vehicle Leila Lees and Ethan Kirkland were last seen travelling in has been pulled from a 'watery pit' in Stellenbosch on Monday.

He was last active on the messaging platform at 23:45 – just four minutes after the final sighting of the teens. The bodies were pulled from a missing car belonging to one of the victims. The news came in on Monday afternoon, following the disappearance of a young couple over the weekend.

Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi said a community member spotted an object in a dam and alerted the authorities.

Police confirmed the two bodies found in a vehicle in a quarry in Stellenbosch on Monday afternoon were that of the missing couple, Leila Lees and Ethan Kirkland. During the search, a 17-year-old youth spotted a vehicle in the quarry. - Police confirmed the two bodies found in a quarry on Monday were that of Leila Lees, 18, and Ethan Kirkland, 19.

The bodies of eighteen-year-old Leila Lees and 19-year-old Ethan Kirkland were discovered earlier on Monday.

The bodies of eighteen-year-old Leila Lees and 19-year-old Ethan Kirkland were discovered earlier on Monday.