Karen Bridget Turner

Karen Turner (1988 - 2019)

Brief overview:

Karen (31), was killed and her husband Matthew, 33, was stabbed several times in a horror attack on 17th September 2019, as their toddler son Hayden slept nearby. Two armed men burst into their self-contained chalet overlooking a beach and attacked the couple at around 3am. They were staying at the rural Hluleka Nature Reserve on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Karen is the great niece of Paul Bertram Nicholson. who was was stabbed to death with a sharpened iron rod, on 27th August 1991.
• 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
• Arrests
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/iwy6Y
• http://archive.fo/yBG9m
• http://archive.fo/STeHC
• http://archive.fo/htT6h
• http://archive.fo/F4zuW
• http://archive.fo/tfUig
• http://archive.fo/BwRul
• http://archive.vn/VbTHZ
• http://archive.vn/42E6e