Charlotte Bekker

Charlotte Bekker (1950 – 2011)

Charlotte (60), and her husband Marthinus Cornelius Bekker (68), were murdered on their Heidelberg farm on Saturday morning, 2nd July 2011.

Constable Tikoane Sonopo said a towing service called the couple's son after their car was found overturned on the R42 road near Vereeniging.

The son went to his parent's Houtpoort farm just after 05:30 and found his 60-year-old mother tied up in the living room with multiple stab wounds. She was already dead.

He found his father Martiens, also with multiple stab wounds, dead on the bedroom floor.

Brief overview:

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• 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
  • Two men were arrested after DNA and fingerprints linked them to the crime scene.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

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• http://archive.fo/wU3vP
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• http://archive.fo/nLN0E
• http://archive.fo/yJF9F
• http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Moordenaars-steek-vasgebi...
• http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Twee-na-moorde-op-plaas-gevan...
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110904194221/http://afrikaans.news24....