Elsa Magrieta Erasmus

Elsa Erasmus (1943 – 2017)

Brief overview:

Elsa (74), lived alone. She was putting flowers on spot her husband Hendrik had died when she was kidnapped. Her naked body was found few kilometers from her farm house. Hands tied behind her back, lying, face down in pool of blood. Apparently shot with her own firearm.

Hendrik and Elsa had lived on the farm in the Amalia district, near Schweizer-Reneke, since their wedding in 1968.

Brief Biography:

• The Victim and Family
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
  • 03/07/2017 (22h10)
• Weapons
  • Firearm
• Items Stolen
  • .22 gun
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
  • Stripped naked, hands tied behind her back, savagely beaten, executed
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
  • 4 Perps
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
  • Sam Maretele (?), Itumeleng Serai (?), Obakeng Mopalame (?), Boitumelo Matsuwe (?)
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Court appearances - Trial due 15/10/2018

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/jYJ7Q
• http://archive.fo/QsAHT
• http://archive.fo/xP4ld
• https://archive.ph/Ic7ky

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