Leslie van Zyl booked into the Protea Hotel in George on the 28th of August 2000. She did not leave alive. In the years that followed her family would push for justice, but the “do not disturb” sign Leslie’s killer hung on the hotel room door, seemed to apply to his crime too.
The next day her parents would receive the phone call that would change their lives forever, when they were told their beloved 28-year-old daughter had been savagely stabbed and strangled to death.
In the years that followed, several attempts would be made to review the case, and Van Zyl’s mother, Christine Brockbanks, made an application to the National Prosecuting Authority to analyse the physical evidence from the scene using new technology.
In episode 67 of True Crime South Africa, we talk to a journalist from The George Herald who has helped keep Van Zyl’s case alive and investigate the possibility it could be solved.
SHOWNOTES:
Host: Nicole Engelbrecht
Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht
Music: Snippet from Prime Circle’s Evidence
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