Gayton McKenzie has strongly criticized Kelly Smith, the mother of missing child Joslin Smith, saying, “We can’t keep quiet about Kelly’s lies.”
McKenzie recounted his experience meeting Kelly and immediately feeling suspicious, sensing that she might be involved in her daughter’s disappearance.
“When I met Kelly, I couldn’t sleep because I knew I had just met a suspect,” McKenzie said. “I confided in my partner, and we had a massive argument. She couldn’t understand why I was suspicious, as Kelly had just lost her child.”
McKenzie and his team grew increasingly concerned as they observed Kelly’s behaviour. “My protectors agreed with me; they had the same sense about her. We decided to get close to her, and soon it became clear she knew more than she let on.”
As part of their plan to monitor Kelly, McKenzie and his team provided her with money, clothing, and even a phone. “We spoiled her, bought her groceries, and made sure she had everything she needed, knowing she had no income. We became her source of support.”
Meanwhile, the police also narrowed down their list of suspects to Kelly and her partner, frequently calling them in for questioning. According to McKenzie, every time they were questioned, Kelly and her partner returned to inform him of what had transpired. When asked about alleged police abuse, they consistently denied it.
However, things took an unexpected turn when Kelly called McKenzie in a frantic, hysterical state. “She called us crying, and one of my protectors, Divan Kleinbooi, put her on speakerphone. My first question was, ‘Are the police assaulting you?’ She cried, saying no, explaining that the police wanted to separate her from her boyfriend,” McKenzie said. He pointed out that Kelly’s overwhelming distress was not for her missing daughter, but for her boyfriend. “We were all shocked. Not once did she show emotion for Joslin.”
The situation took a darker twist when McKenzie noticed suspicious behaviour from Kelly. “On the day we held a church service for Joslin, Kelly danced wildly. We realized they were planning to flee. Their bags were packed, and they had arranged transport to leave the area.”
McKenzie tried to distract Kelly by planning a shopping trip and offering her more money, but his team quickly moved her to a different hotel. “We guarded her the entire night, and I was told she kept checking the curtains to see who was outside.”
The next day, the police contacted McKenzie to inquire about Kelly and her partner’s whereabouts. McKenzie provided their hotel information, and the couple was arrested.
“Not once did they complain about being assaulted,” McKenzie said. “This is all a lie, a strategy to make sure the case goes away. These people should just tell the truth. Kelly is deep, deep in this. If the police had assaulted her, she would have told me. We spoke for hours, and I was trying to get her to slip up.”
McKenzie also revealed that Kelly had sent him an address through a visitor to her in jail, claiming that Joslin could be found there. However, the search turned up nothing, and McKenzie believes Kelly was fabricating the story.
“I just needed to put this out here,” McKenzie concluded, insisting that Kelly’s claims of police abuse were false.