Charlene du Preez

Charlene du Preez (1991 - 2007)

Brief overview:

Charlene (16), from Arcadia in Pretoria, went missing on August 16th after going out to eat with friends. Her burnt and mutilated half-naked body was found on 17 August next to the Koedoespoort railway tracks.

Two days later, Estelle Botha identified her daughter at the Pretoria state mortuary by the tip of her nose, her right foot toes and a mark on her chest. "My child's face was so ugly I hardly recognized her.

"Three weeks after the police found the charred body of Charlene du Preez next to a railway line, a family friend found her burnt hand. Estelle, Charlene's mother, cried heartbreakingly when she saw the burnt and mutilated hand. The hand was found halfway along the Koedoespoort railway track, about 500 m from the Scorpions' office, laying under garbage. The police had overlooked this hand when they severely mutilated and burned body was found three weeks previously.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
  • Charlene was cremated on August 24.
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

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

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Links to Media articles:

• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194569597863