Pierre Corneille Faculys Basson

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Pierre Corneille Faculys Basson

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Birthplace: Paarl, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: February 10, 1906 (26)
Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa
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Son of Johannes Hendrik Albertus Basson and Anna Maria Frederika Faculyn Basson
Brother of Jan Hendrik Basson; Jasper Smit Basson, b1c2d6e9f7g1h3 and Ellie Lombard Basson, b1c2d6e9f7g1h4

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About Pierre Corneille Faculys Basson

PIERRE BASSON: 1903 Pierre Corneille Faculys Basson was posthumously convicted of murder in 1906. He was described by Inspector Easton, the police officer who went to investigate his death, as 'a scoundrel from infancy'. Basson, who is believed to have killed eight or nine people, was in all probability, South Africa's first mass murderer.

http://www.africacrime-mystery.co.za/books/fsac/chp1.htm

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Pierre Corneille Faculys Basson's Timeline

1880
January 3, 1880
Paarl, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
1906
February 10, 1906
Age 26
Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa