Lien Grönum

Lien Gronum (1937 - 2008)

Brief overview:

Lien (71), was found on Friday at 16:00 on 18th April 2008, by her husband, Willem, also 71, in their blood-smeared house after he had dropped off two workers at a nearby shop. A breadknife was lying on her chest, and the knife drawer was open in the kitchen, Lien had been stabbed repeatedly.

Gronum said: "When I got back, I saw blood and the bag, in which my revolver had been, lying on the patio. I knew immediately there was big trouble. "The security gate was covered with blood and my wife's boerboel, also covered in blood, had been closed in between the front door and the gate." The breadknife and the paperknife, both covered in blood, were found in the house. Gronum told Beeld, "It was a senseless murder, the murderer took nothing but my revolver." He said, "She had been sitting at the kitchen table playing Sudoku when I left. That's how I saw her last. Nothing else was missing from the house and the dog had only a light cut."

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Gerda Kemp, Danolien Postma, and Chrisna Hoffman, Lien and Willems daughters, praised the investigating officers, Police Inspector Moses Mmatli and Constable Selina Chengwe for their excellence in policing and the arrest of Rasivhaga and Singo.
• 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
  • The domestic helper, Mrs Nndyadzeni Rasivhaga (19), who together with her lover, farm worker Vincent Singo (25), were arrested and charged with the murder of Loen Gronüm.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • Pretoria High Court on May 11, the two accused’s case had been moved to November 16.

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/She-was-lying-in-so-much-bl...
• http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Africa_8/Sierra_Leone_Syndrome...
• http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/05/farmer-assassinat...
• http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/05/alphabetic-name-l...
• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/pretoria-news/20090512/281...
• https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/read/4451339/laai-af-die-lys-van-...
• http://archive.fo/aP1qX
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194960912823