When the Arrison family’s neighbour hears hammering on their door in the early hours of Saturday morning in January 2017, their bleary eyes adjust to take in a scene of horror on their doorstep. 14-year-old Yaqoob Arrison is holding the body of his twin, Yusuf. Both boys have been shot, but this is not the Read more
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On the 6th of January 2012, Valencia Behrens was 9 months pregnant when she went to visit a neighbour, Loretta Cook, and never returned. Her baby would be taken to a clinic nearby – the sole survivor of a murderous mystery. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Music: Snippet from
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When 13-year-old Jerobiojin van Wyk went missing on February 2, his mother tried to get assistance from Klawer police. Eventually, five days later, her pleas were taken seriously when human remains were found on the property of train driver Daniel Smit. When Smit’s attorney told media her client said he was responsible for multiple murders
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In 1998 a prisoner was released from jail after serving just 3 years for a violent rape. By 1999, at least 7 people had lost their lives in Capital Hill, Pretoria. South African Serial Killer Samuel Sidyno was sentenced to seven life terms in August of 2000 for the killings of two women and five
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Matricide is the killing of one’s own mother. It’s a crime that is, perhaps, only made more unthinkable when the perpetrator is a minor. In 2001, Santa Pretorius became a victim of matricide when her 16-year-old daughter, known in the press at the time as Eve, and her boyfriend, known as Adam, stabbed and strangled
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