THE loved ones of Khasha Smith have pleaded with people to ease their pain by coming forward with any information that could help find the missing mum.
Khasha, 35, was reported missing in January after her family hadn’t heard from her for over two months.
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The last confirmed sighting of the mum-of-three, from Edinburgh’s Wester Hailes, was on October 10 and her family last spoke with her at the start of last November.
A major search involving specialist officers was launched to help find Khasha.
Major crime detectives were drafted in as fears grew for Khasha’s safety.
Frantic loved ones have continually pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.
In a fresh appeal, one loved one said friends and relatives are enduring a “living hell” amid the search and have been left “struggling to breathe”.
Urging people to come forward with information, they said: “If there is anyone out there that knows where Khasha is or what happened to her, now is the time to speak up.
“Please try to put yourself in our position for one minute. How would you feel if this was your mum, daughter, sister, niece, friend? As a family we are broken, terrified and in physical pain.
“Now multiply that by x1000 and you might be somewhere close to what her mum and children are feeling.
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“At this point we are struggling to breathe, never mind having to try to go through the motions of normal life such as work, school run…it all just feels impossible.
“Not knowing is a living hell and every day we feel sick to our stomach in fear of getting the worst news imaginable. Can you even begin to imagine how this feels? Wouldn’t you be trying to reach out to someone, anyone that might know something?”
They added: “If you know something, please do the right thing. Please help ease our pain and help us get some answers. Please help us bring Khasha home. Khasha is such a kind, caring and empathetic person who would do anything to help you. She loves her children and family and is an amazing cook.
“Khasha is part of us, she is our family, we love her and we need to find her. If this was another member of our family that had gone missing, Khasha would be moving mountains to find us. And so we will do the very same for her. Khasha does not deserve this.
“Khasha we miss you, we love you and we will find you.”
We previously told how cops were searching metal containers and a canal in their efforts to find her.
Khasha Smith’s disappearance
KHASHA Smith was reported missing in January, but hadn’t been in touch with family for months, sparking the urgent police search.
Early October 2023: Khasha was in contact regularly with family through text messages.
October 10, 2023: The last confirmed sighting of Khasha Smith.
November 1-4, 2023: Last contact made with family members according to Police Scotland.
January 5, 2024: Khasha officially reported missing after worried family members alerted cops to the disappearance.
January 7, 2024: Police launch public appeal over growing concern for Khasha’s welfare.
January 9, 2024: Cops issued a re-appeal after checking a potential sighting in Slateford between 21 and 24 of November, 2023.
January 11, 2024: A major search is launched as an insider revealed fears Khasha may have came to serious harm after specialist officers were seen leaving her home.
January 12, 2024: Murder cops are drafted in over growing concern over Khasha’s safety. Specialist cops are spotted searching metal containers on Calder Grove.
Sources claim a “person of interest” has “gone off grid” as the search is stepped up with sniffer dogs deployed.
January 21, 2024: Specialist officers were seen carrying out a fingertip search of a wooded area and car park close to her home
January 24, 2024: Khasha has been officially missing for three months.
Specialist cops search the canal and a culvert near the Union Canal less than one hundred yards from the mum-of-three’s home.
Police also scoured woods near her home as part of the search effort.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “This remains a missing person inquiry and extensive enquiries are ongoing to locate Khasha.
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“Her family is understandably worried at not seeing or hearing from her and they want her home safe and well.
“We would urge anyone who has seen Khasha or who has any information on her whereabouts to contact us as soon as possible.”
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