Violet Bertha Mc Kechnie

Violet Mc Kechnie (1903 - 1991)

Brief overview:

Violet (87), and her son Gerard Mc Kechnie (56), were shot dead by two attackers on their farm Orange Grove near Pietersburg (now Polokwane). Firearms were stolen. The homestead, with their bodies still inside, was set on fire.

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
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

• https://www.gendatabase.com/deceased-record.php?q=2844779&r=VIOLET%...

Links to Media articles:

• Recorded as incident #31 in Treurgrond/Land of Sorrow