Ruth Walsh

Ruth Walsh (1942 - 2005)

Brief overview:

Ruth (62), was bludgeoned to death in her home, where her husband was murdered just five years earlier.

The body of Ruth Walsh was found by police on the dining-room floor of her house in Hekpoort, near Magaliesburg, on Wednesday morning 03/08/2005. She had sustained a serious head injury, and as rigour mortis had already set in, police suspect Walsh had been dead for at least 24 hours.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
  • Ruth's husband Martin Joseph Walsh was brutally murdered on the same farm five years earlier, on December 12, 2000
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
  • Pick handle
• Items Stolen
  • There was a diamond ring on her finger, her car was still in the driveway and nothing appears to be missing from the house
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
  • Investigators took Walsh's gardener to a police station for questioning. The 35-year-old gardener lives on Walsh's property
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

• Identity Number : 4208080159085
• Official cause of death : Unnatural causes - case Ref: 742/05
• Walsh and her husband, both originally from Britain, were the owners of Impact Publishing, who specialised in printing calenders showing artworks of wildlife.

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.vn/n89mI
• https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/read/4451339/laai-af-die-lys-van-...
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000188541219839
• https://archive.ph/VDlfn