GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - The widower of the woman who was killed in an attack at Pinnacle Point Estate suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
This is according to the family’s attorney, who has been a house friend of the family for 30 years, Llewelyn Curlewis.
“He was the most vulnerable of the two,” Curlewis said of Johannes Style Willemse (85), who is still in hospital.
“Marietha was fine [prior to the attack].” Johannes was admitted to hospital on the morning of 4 June with stab wounds, mainly to the upper body, and cuts", Curlewis said. Johannes is in a stable condition.
Marietha, aged 79, died of a stab wound to the neck in the attack, police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie said. After the attack, Johannes went to get help and the body of Marietha was found in a chair in the couple’s home. Police were called and also Johannes was taken to hospital.
Johannes Style Willemse married Marietha Beukes in May 1967. At the time of the attack on 4 June, they were living next door to their daughter Mia, in Albatrosweg, Pinnacle Point.
Mia Heuer was on honeymoon when the attack occurred.
She returned from honeymoon when she was informed of the attack and is now home. Her sister, known by her nickname Jeanné (Jean-nita) Robinson, flew from Dubai to come to Mossel Bay after she was informed of the death of her mother. The sisters’ brother, Louw, is arriving at 15:00 today from Pretoria, where he lives.
The couple had been living in Pinnacle Point for two years, having retired to the estate from northern KwaZulu-Natal, where they had farmed.
Curlewis said: “We are giving police the opportunity to do their work, to find the perpetrators and for justice to be served. We would like to see some answers from security personnel. One of the reasons the couple moved there was that they wanted to be in one of the best security estates in the country.”
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