Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira

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Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira

Birthdate:
Death: April 11, 2005 (36)
Hillcrest, Durban , KZN, South Africa (Murder - Farm Attack)
Immediate Family:

Wife of Private

Managed by: Susan Jane Isikson (Parratt)
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About 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
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Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira's Timeline

1968
December 19, 1968
2005
April 11, 2005
Age 36
Hillcrest, Durban , KZN, South Africa