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About Engela van Wyk
Engela van Wyk (1932 - 2018)
Brief overview:
Engela (86), was found suffocated in her home at Rus-n-Bietjie Old Age Home in Springs. Witnesses saw two men entering her flatlet. Van Wyk was found in her room with her hands bound to her bed. A cloth was stuffed inside her mouth and another wrapped around it. The flatlet had been ransacked. Tenants heard from the others that two men asked to use the bathroom.She had her hands bound to her bed, then she was suffocated to death.
Brief Biography:
- Other Victims/Family
- See Esme Senton and Hetta Potgieter and possibly Lillas Jane Merry
- Funeral/Memorial
- The Farm/Smallholding
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
Attack Details:
- Date and time of attack
- Weapons
- Items Stolen
- Her jewellery, rings, cellphone and key were 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
- On 7th November John Leonard du Plooy (32) was found guilty in the Roodepoort Regional Court and again sentenced to life imprisonment plus 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. This follows a murder and robbery committed in August 2018 in Roodepoort. Du Plooy is already serving two life sentences plus 30 years in prison for murder and robbery in Springs and Alberton in June and September 2018 respectively. He will end up having to serve three life sentences for murder plus 45 years for aggravated robbery.
- Capt. Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, spokesperson for the directorate for priority crime investigations (the Falcons), said his co-accused, Shaun Oosthuizen (42) was given four life sentences plus 80 years in the Pretoria Regional Court on 16 May 2022.
- "The arrest of the two men follows the investigation of the murder of four elderly women between 2018 and 2019 at different nursing homes in Mpumalanga and Gauteng.”
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Engela van Wyk's Timeline
| 2018 |
June 26, 2018
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Rus-n-Bietjie Old Age Home, Springs, GP, South Africa
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