Marthinus Wessels Jacobs

Marthinus "Tienie" Jacobs (1945 - 2009)

Brief overview:

Tienie (65), was brutally murdered on a small holding at Boschkop, east of Pretoria, on 24 November 2009.

The bodies of Tienie and his gardener, were found packed under boxes and pillows, in the morning about 12 to 18 hours after their death. Jacobs and his gardener, whose identity and age have not yet been determined, are both suspected to have been strangled.

"I can't believe that they have to tie up an old man like a dog," said William Thomas Wiggill (60), after seeing his brother's body. Wiggill, his wife, Winnie (58), and daughter, Letitia Coetzer (36), from Cullinan had rushed through in the morning when they got the news.

They came across his body and that of the gardener, who had been working for Jacobs for about a year, in the carport next to the aviary. Jacobs was lying behind a Chevrolet car. His hands and feet were tied and his neck with a piece of wire was tied to a trailer. His watch was still on his arm. The gardener's body, which lay next to Jacobs, was covered with boxes and pillows. His hands and feet were also tied with wire.

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
  • To date no suspect have been traced. His murder remains unsolved.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Born: 3 Feb 1945

Married: Joan Anfield 5 Dec

He had no children.

His second wife Hester had children from a previous marriage.

Links to Media articles:

• http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/11/two-men-strangled...
• https://media.geni.com/p13/bc/59/48/67/5344485a5555ac49/martin_jacobs_65__original.pdf?hash=fd5192303747694231667d86c5e41a1789be98488de0cbc82abe1ff586d91d55.1726210799