Marie Thorpe

Marie Thorpe (1950 - 2015)

Brief overview:

Marie (65), the reclusive award-winning author, murdered, her body was found already decomposing in her Umbilo, Durban flat in August 2015.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Sister to Robert NORDIER and Janine JAMES. Daughter of Valerie FILMER who died 3 years ago. She was married to Jim THORPE (+ 1990's)
• 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:

She was an award winning author. One of her books "Lucy's Games " won her bronze in the 1992 Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature.

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marie-Thorpe/e/B001KE4UEW
• http://archive.fo/ke9N5
• http://archive.fo/ypc5O
• http://archive.fo/3fQyD