Stephanus Cillers

Stephanus "Doppie" Cilliers (1943 - 2009)

Brief overview:

Stephanus 'Doppie' (67), a lawyer, was murdered on his Bronkhorstspruit smallholding farm on 16th February 2009. He lived on the same farm as his son, sheep farmer Johnnie Cilliers (41).

"I ran up and down like a madman before I realised that I had to call the police." These were the words of a shocked Johnnie, as he tearfully related how he found the body of his father. "I had to take my father to the Cullinan court at about 08:00 because he had lent his bakkie (Pick-up truck) to my sister. When I arrived at the house, the front door was shut but not locked." Johnnie called out to his father, but got no answer. He pushed open the front door. "My father was lying inside the front door. There was blood around his body."

Stephanus had been shot in the upper body, his hands and feet were tied and it is suspected that he had also been strangled. He was clad only in the trousers he had worn the previous day. "We've never had any incidents on the smallholding in the past seven years." Johnnie said he had heard the dogs bark the night before, but hadn't suspected anything because the dogs often barked. "I am my father's only son and we were very close. We always went horse riding and did many things together," a visibly upset Johnnie said.

Johan Paulsen (42), a lawyer and Stephanus's colleague of more than 15 years, said: "I was in court when I heard that my friend had been murdered. I am deeply shocked. We are like family at the Cullinan court." He said he and Stephanus had chatted about cricket and other things on Friday. Stephanus had done most of his work at this court.

On Monday, the police were combing the house where the murder had taken place, looking for clues that could lead them to the murderers. They were following tracks behind Stephanus's house. A police helicopter was used to take aerial photographs of the smallholding and fingerprints had been taken from the house.

Information shared by Doppie's daughter-in-law, Heleen Cilliers on a discussion forum:

"My father-in-law, Doppies Cilliers was murdered on 16 February 2009 on our farm in Bronkhorstpruit.

POSTED BY HELEEN CILLIERS | MARCH 1, 2017"

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
  • Cellphone, a gun and a hunting rifle
• 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:

• https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=4590587
• Elsabé 1942-1992

Links to Media articles:

• http://archive.fo/xZJJK
• http://afrikaner-genocide-achives.blogspot.com/2010_10_24_archive.html
• http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/10/murder-suspect-ar...
• https://www.radiofreesouthafrica.com/alphabetic-name-lists-murders-...
• http://web.archive.org/web/20101126190708/http://www.beeld.com/Suid...
• http://web.archive.org/web/20090219181132/http://www.news24.com/Bee...
• https://archive.ph/T3knV
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194950832848