Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira

Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira (1968 - 2005)

Brief overview:

Catharina (36) was brutally attacked and stabbed to death on 11th April 2005.

Her husband, Petrus van Rooyen, a mechanic, was at the Hillcrest police station, where he was laying a complaint about a group of men hiding in the bushes and acting suspiciously a few days prior. He received a call from Catherine to say that they were back again. When he returned to his caravan on a smallholding he discovered Catherine's bloody body. The caravan had been ransacked.

The killers had stolen a DVD player, car radio and an angle grinder.

Petrus said that the gang had broken in a week prior and stolen blankets, a kettle and a microwave oven.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Two hours after Catherine was murdered, the police received a call to attend a murder scene at Oak Road, Pinetown, after a neighbour discovered the bludgeoned body of Frederick Esterhuizen (48).

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

• Identity Number : 6812190060089
• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.is/Nu6FJ
• https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/read/4451339/laai-af-die-lys-van-...