Elna Burger

Elna Burger (1937 - 2008)

Brief overview:

Elna (71) is believed to have been murdered in Montagu by the same teenage suspect accused of robbing her and her husband's smallholding about two months prior to her murder. The Burger's had lived on the farm, Tertia, 30 km outside Mantagu, since 1960. .

Burger's daughter, Antoinette Botma, said that her mother had returned home from church to prepare a salad to take to neighbours for Sunday lunch. When she did not arrive, her neighbours became concerned and subsequently found her in her house dead with her neck broken. Two suspects, teenagers, who could not be named, 17 and 18 were both arrested. Burger's car and cellphone had been recovered. The 17-year-old was due to appear in a Montagu court on the Tuesday morning, and the 18 year old was being questioned.

Botma said her family was particularly aggrieved by the fact that the same 17-year-old had been caught red-handed robbing their home in early September. Botma alleged that police had released the youth and that he had failed to appear in court. However, police spokesperson Bernadine Steyn countered this allegation, saying it had been Botma's father who had chosen to withdraw the charges. Steyn confirmed that a preliminary post-mortem had confirmed that Burger had suffered a broken neck. Botma speculated that this could have been sustained from a heavy fall during the robbery. No further details available.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • Elna was one of two elderly Western Cape citizens found murdered in their homes within hours of each other in brutal attacks

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:

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gran-killed-released-suspec...
• http://archive.is/p9n2T
• http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2008/10/only-some-of-whit...
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100411014736/http://www.iol.co.za/ind...

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• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Mar 1 2023, 20:08:27 UTC