Maria Jansen van Vuuren

Marie Jansen van Vuuren (1928 - 2001)

Brief overview:

Marie (73), and her husband Lukas Cornelius Jansen van Vuuren (73), were murdered, by two attackers, on their Broekmansfontein farm in Groot Marico, North West, on 25th October 2001.

Marie was raped before being murdered. She sustained blunt forced trauma to her head. Loek was tortured and died from his injuries two months later in hospital.

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
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
  • One of the murderers was shot dead by the police during the search.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • The other murderer/rapist, Koos Saul (25), was handed a life sentence, in the Rustenburg court on 11th May 2002.

Additional Biographical Information:

• Identity Number : 2808300015082
• Official cause of death : Cerebral injuries
• https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=2446546&r=MARIA&s...

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/9K9AK
• http://archive.is/Ss0AK
• https://archive.is/KaTTx