Susanna Nel

Susanna Nel (1918 - 1998)

Brief overview:

Susanna (80), was killed on the 10th November 1998 in her home in Wilrow Park, Roodepoort.

The police suspect that the robbers through an open back door at home came in. A garment was wrapped over her face and it is possible that she suffocated. An autopsy was to be conducted to determine the exact cause of her death.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Funeral/Memorial
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
  • It was the third time in the past week that someone was killed by robbers at home on the West Rand.
  • Earlier last week Mr. Francois Jacobus van Zyl (43) was shot dead by robbers in front of his wife in his house in Constantia Kloof
  • Particia van Heerden was killed in her home on a small holding in Wheatlands, Randfontein on Friday. Van Heerden was strangled and her body was left in the bathtub.

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
  • Jewellery and a firearm
• 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:

Nel had spent the last twenty years with her eldest daughter and son-in-law lived in the house in Titiaan Road

Links to Media articles:

• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000187631258831