1997 was a year in which a rare type of serial killer would make himself known in South Africa. The Jeppe Pyromaniac was not one of the country’s most prolific serial killers by any stretch, but he was certainly one of the most unique. All the more confounding in this investigation was the discovery that Read more
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On February 18 2007, a quiet Sunday afternoon in Pretoria Gardens, 7-year-old Sheldean Human disappeared from the front yard of her home. Sheldean’s mother, Elize, would report her missing almost immediately, but despite an intensive search and investigation by police, days and weeks ticked by with no news about the young girl’s whereabouts. Then, two
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On April 3 2011, South Africa woke up to the news of one of the most monstrous crimes ever committed in our country. Partial remains of 24-year-old Michael van Eck had been discovered in a shallow grave in a graveyard in Welkom. The hunt was on for the location of the rest of the young
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In November 1974, 46-year-old housewife and mother, Susanna Van Der Linde was brutally beaten and stabbed to death with a pair of scissors in her home. The investigation would lead police into one of the most bizarre cases South Africa had ever seen and reveal its youngest female killer. Marlene Lehnberg 18 years old in
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On March 27 2019, 14-year-old Connor Isaacs was getting ready to spend the day playing Xbox in his room. He and his dad had just moved to a safer neighbourhood so that Connor would be able to spend his school holidays at home while his dad worked. Keith Eybers kissed his son goodbye, unaware that
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