Two men questioned for rape-murder of disabled Afrikaner Janetta Lorraine van der Walt 60 -Margate KZN

Murder suspects questioned about murder of Janet van der Walt 66 at Margate home Aug 6 2013 -------------------------- 28 August 2013Sugan Naidoo MARGATE police are questioning two men in connection with the murder of Janet van der Walt (60) at her home in Margate Extension Three on August 6. The two men, believed to be in their 30s, were arrested in Margate recently. Mrs van der Walt and her sister were at home at around 10.30pm when they heard the dogs barking. Mrs van der Walt went outside to investigate. Her sister heard her screaming and went out to check what was going on. She found Mrs van der Walt lying outside with three stab wounds in the neck. She locked herself inside and called the police. Police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka confirmed that police have taken two men in for questioning. "It is alleged that the two suspects had previously been charged for assault, kidnapping and robbery," he said. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-news-crime?oid=7741782&sn=Detail&pid=4196921&Update--Murder-suspects-questioned ---------------- The horrific murder of Mrs Janet van der Walt - 8 August 2013 SUGAN NAIDOO A WOMAN was murdered at her house in Margate Extension Three on Tuesday this week. The attacker, who is still on the run, stabbed the victim three times in the neck before fleeing, taking only a cellphone.Janet van der Walt's home in Margate Extension Three.According to a police report, Janet van der Walt (60), from Van Zyl Road was at home with her sister and they were asleep. "At around 10.30pm, Mrs van der Walt heard the dogs barking outside," said police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka."She went outside to investigate. Her sister then heard her screaming and went out to check what was going on, only to find her sister lying outside the house, half-naked. She then saw a man and locked herself inside and called the police," said Capt Mfeka.Mrs van der Walt's body was found with three wounds on her neck and there were some bruises on her body. Police also suspect that she might have been raped. The intruder gained entry to her property by jumping over the fence.Yesterday (Wednesday) Mrs van der Walt's nephew, Walter Green, described his aunt as a 'lovely person'. "She was always caring and worrying about everyone's well being. She never saw colour as a problem. She will be sorely missed by all of her friends and family," said Mr Green.Mr Green added that his aunt was on the verge of selling her house and it was believed that she was to sign the papers yesterday (Wednesday) and was to relocate to Johannesburg. She is survived by her only daughter, who lives in Johannesburg. No arrest have been made. http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/kzn-south-coast/kzn-south-coast-news-crime?oid=7686007&sn=Detail&pid=4196921&Margate-woman--60--murdered --------------- Disabled Afrikaner Janetta Lorraine van der Walt 60, dragged from nursing home, raped and strangled to death: Margate August 8, 2013 A 60-year-old former auditor was raped and killed outside her home in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. The English-language version differs vastly from the Afrikaans-language one. Mrs Van der Walt was physically dragged from her home while her elderly sister frantically tried to drag her back in. The monster who dragged Mrs van der Walt outside the nursing home then raped her and strangled her to death while raping her. Following is the English language version: “The victim was stabbed with a sharp object in the neck and died,” police spokesman Captain Gerald Mfeka told the Afrikaans daily.Janetta Lorraine van der Walt, a former auditor for the SA Revenue Services in Durban, Springs and Alberton on Johannesburg’s East Rand, was raped and killed on Tuesday evening. She and her sister were watching television when she went to investigate a noise outside. Her sister witnessed her being attacked and called for help. Mfeka warned people "not to go outside when they hear strange noises. Please rather call the police or press your panic button. Do not go outside,” he said. – Sapa - See more at: http://praag.org/?p=8736#sthash.d2LWuo5s.dpuf ----------------- THE ENTIRE STORY IN AFRIKAANS: "Verkrag ná kreet om hulp - Vrou uit aftreehuis gesleep ’n Voormalige ouditeur wat weens heupprobleme skaars kon loop, is eergisteraand in haar aftreehuis in Margate verkrag, gewurg en met ’n mes in die bors doodgesteek. Janetta Lorraine van der Walt (60), wat voorheen vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens in Durban, Springs en Alberton gewerk het, is dood nadat haar suster, Koekie Stander (69), vergeefs probeer het om haar binnetoe te sleep om haar teen die aanvaller te beskerm. Die twee susters het in die huis in Van Zylstraat 7, uitbreiding 3, van die dorp aan die KwaZulu-Natalse Suidkus, TV gekyk toe die honde geblaf het. Van der Walt het gaan kyk wat aangaan. Volgens Walter Green, hul kleinneef, het Stander gehoor hoe Van der Walt roep: “Koekie, help my asseblief!” Stander het buitentoe gekyk en gesien ’n man verkrag haar suster. Die man het verdwyn toe hy besef hulp is op pad. Van der Walt, wat in die bors gesteek is, het regop gesit en vir haar foon gevra om hulp te ontbied. Stander het haar aan die arms gegryp om haar binnetoe te sleep, maar die verkragter het teruggekom en Van der Walt se bene begin trek. Stander het haar greep verloor, binnetoe gehardloop en die deur toegeslaan.Die selfoon wat sy saam met haar buitentoe geneem het, het daar agtergebly. Die verkragter het toe sy broek afgeruk en sy slagoffer verder verkrag.Volgens Green het Van der Walt geskreeu. Die man het haar toe gewurg terwyl hy haar verkrag. “Koeki het in die huis gebly en haar seun in Kaapstad gebel.“Dit was die enigste nommer waaraan sy kon dink. Toe het hy my suster in Durban gebel wat my in Margate gebel het,” het Green gesê. Hy het vyf minute later by die huis aangekom.“Iemand het die polisie gebel, want hulle was voor my daar.”Volgens Green het Stander die verkragter as klein gebou en jonk beskryf en het hy na alkohol geruik. “Watter soort mens doen dit aan twee ou vroue? En al waarmee hy weg is, is ’n selfoon.“Waarheen is die wêreld op pad?” Van der Walt se man is vier maande gelede dood en haar seun 23 jaar gelede in ’n ongeluk.Sy word oorleef deur ’n aangenome dogter. Green het haar as ’n familie-georiënteerde mens beskryf – “die familiekoerant” wat daarvan gehou het om naaldwerk te doen en skoliere met skoolwerk te help. “Sy was baie vriendelik. Sy het met almal oor die weg gekom.”Stander is uiters getraumatiseer, het Green gesê. “Sy sal nie weer dieselfde wees nie.”Die moordtoneel was volgens hom uiters grusaam. Kapt. Gerald Mfeka, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê speurders van Margate ondersoek ’n verkragting-en-moordsaak. “Die slagoffer is met ’n skerp voorwerp in die nek gesteek en is as gevolg daarvan dood.” Mfeka het mense gewaarsku om nie uit te gaan as hulle vreemde geluide hoor nie. “Bel asseblief die polisie of druk jou noodknoppie. Moenie buitentoe gaan nie.”"