Michelle van der Westhuizen

Michelle van der Westhuizen (? - 2006)

Brief overview:

Michelle (30), was shot dead on 21st October 2006 in her Craigavon security Estate, Fourways, Johannesburg.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Van der Westhuizen together with her fiancé, Mr. Ryan Britton, and friends were visiting when robbers broke into her home in Craigavon, Johannesburg. She was shot dead in front of her child, fiancé, friends and their baby when she screamed for help. Britton was hit in the chest and hospitalized. His condition is stable.
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • In the same week, Mr. Wayne Els and Ms. Michelle van der Westhuizen shot dead in two separate cases at their homes in security complexes. Armed robbers killed Els on the steps of the stairs in his house in Murrayfield, Pretoria on Monday. His 14-year-old son, Ashley, came across his father's body.

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:

• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000187718266830