Marlene Antoinette Mauer

Marlene Mauer (1986 - 2006)

Brief overview:

Marlene (20), was murdered in Meyerspark, Pretoria on 10/02/2006.

Van der Walt, a powerfully built blockman who used to work at a butchery, admitted that he had in February last year murdered petite Marlene Mauer, during a job interview at his parents' house in Meyerspark.

He claimed she became angry when she realised there was no real job, that a struggle had ensued with both landing on the ground and that he had put his hand over her mouth and nose "to calm her down".

He could not remember anything further until he found himself sitting on top of the dead girl with his hands around her neck.

Afterwards, he had driven around for seven hours with Mauer's body in her car before he left the car in a parking lot in Hatfield, where police found her stuffed into the boot with a plastic bag around her head.

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
  • Daniel "Danie" van der Walt (30)
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • The so-called "boot killer", Daniel van der Walt, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for brutally beating and strangling the frail young prospective employee.

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/hHSrc
• https://archive.ph/PpbMZ
• https://archive.ph/8Mx8b
• https://truecrimesouthafrica.com/episode-19-the-murder-of-marlene-m... (True Crime South Africa podcast)