Jacques Ignatius Olivier

Jacques Ignatius Olivier (1973 - 2006)

Brief overview:

Jacques (33), was shot dead while he was working in his garage on a smallholding in Hennops River near Centurion, on Friday evening the 29th September 2006

According to Mr. Arnold Marx his stepson, Jacques Olivier, was shot around half past ten in the evening.
Olivier's fiancee, Ms. Anél Venter, noticed two suspects outside the house and wanted to warn Olivier, but he could not hear her over the noise of the machines he was working with.

After the shots, Venter hid in the house. When everything was quiet, she drove to her soon-to-be in-laws on the farm next door. Marx went to investigate and came across his stepson's body.

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
  • Nothing was 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:

Mr. Marx says Jacques was artistic, loved nature and built fish ponds and artificial rock gardens for his work.
"We are angry and we wish we could do something, but one is helpless. One cannot even blame the police. We want to know why he was shot."

• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000188251053824