Johanna Catharina Christiaansen

Johanna Catharina Christiaansen (1920 - 2003)

Brief overview:

Johanna (82), was bludgeoned to death with the back of an axe at her home in Riebeeck Kasteel, in June 2003.

Only three yoghurts and a piece of cheese were stolen from her fridge.

Dean La Meyer (29), who claimed it was hunger that made him raid her home, and that he hit her with the axe because she was screaming.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• 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
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
  • Dean La Meyer (29)
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • He was sentenced to life in prison.

Additional Biographical Information:

• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes (Case Ref: 68/2003)
• https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=4326951&r=JOHANNA...

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.li/WgOUh
• https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=5410422