About Gerhardus Albertus Petrus Steenkamp
Gerhardus "Gerrit" "Gap" Albertus Petrus Steenkamp (1957 – 1997)
Brief overview:
Gerrit (39), an unmarried Afrikaans musician and farmer was brutally murdered and his body parts harvested to be used for traditional medicine on his Bothaville farm on 13 August 1997. He was overpowered and abducted from his maize-harvester by 2 armed men and taken to a house on a neighbouring farm where he died a torturous death.
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
- Two armed men
- Arrests
- Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
- Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
- Trial/Conviction
Additional Biographical Information:
- Identity Number : 5710215068080
- Official cause of death : fracture of cervical vertebrae
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Gerhardus Albertus Petrus Steenkamp's Timeline
1957 |
October 21, 1957
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1997 |
August 13, 1997
Age 39
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Middelbult, Bothaville, Northern Free State, FS, South Africa
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