John Thomas Patrick Lynch

John Thomas Patrick Lynch (1938 - 2004)

Brief overview:

John (65) was was shot seven times in the family home in Bryanston, whilst trying to protect his wife, on 24th March 2004.

There were no suspects, no witnesses and no evidence was collected at the time. The crime scene had become contaminated and evidence destroyed by police and neighbours walking throughout the house. Concerned friends, who did not want to upset the family, cleaned up the scene afterwards.

For these reasons, and lack of any other evidence, John's killers have never been arrested.

John's daughter, Vanessa, was a commercial lawyer at the time, but a few years later she teamed up with Rob Matthews (father of Leigh Matthews), and geneticist, Dr Carolyn Hancock, and they founded The DNA Project.

"Apart from teaching crime scene preservation to police officers, they pushed hard for the new DNA legislation."

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
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.is/zUd8I
• https://archive.is/eyBEw
• https://archive.is/WUjka
• https://archive.is/vXmiR