Susanna Kilmister

Susan Kilmister (1954 - 2022)

Brief overview:

Susan (68), was murdered on 28/02/2022 at her smallholding in Cromdale (Nelspruit), MPL. She had bruises and other injuries on her neck.

A twenty-five-year-old man is currently being questioned by the police in connection with the murder of the 68-year-old woman on Monday morning. Susan's body was discovered in her home in the early hours of the morning. There is uncertainty about who reported the incident.

Albert Gryvenstein from Bossies Community Justice confirmed that he was called to a small holding on Cromdale on Monday morning around 04:00. "At this stage, there is still uncertainty about how she was killed."

UPDATE: Kilmister was murdered in the early hours of February 28. She was apparently strangled, allegedly by her Grandson JJ Peters, who had been sharing her house on a smallholding in the Cromdale area about six kilometres outside the city on the R40.

National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Monica Nyuswa, said “It is alleged that on February 28, the accused and the victim had a heated argument, which led to the accused assaulting the victim until she died.”

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
  • A 25-year-old suspect was apprehended and questioned this morning. However, no one has yet been arrested in connection with the murder.
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction
  • JJ Peters (25) appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court this morning, March 2, as the accused in the murder of his grandmother, Susanna Kilmister (68), on February 28.
  • Peters also appeared briefly in court on Tuesday March 1, when a confession he had made to a senior police official was confirmed.

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Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/sDQH6
• https://archive.ph/I51L6
• https://archive.ph/kJpWG