Anika murder 'extremely brutal'

[Fudzy]

No duh!

Pretoria - Whoever murdered, presumably raped and cut off the hands of Anika Smit, 17, is "unnaturally cruel", "sadistic" and "extremely dangerous".

This is the reaction of two criminologists to the murder of the blonde Gerrit Martiz High School pupil.

Pixie du Toit and Anni Hesselink agreed that the person or people who murdered Anika on Wednesday at her father's house in Theresapark, in the north of Pretoria, harboured an incredible amount of hatred.

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Hesselink said Anika's murderer(s) could be someone or people she knew and trusted. If more than one person was involved in her murder, it could possibly have been the result of a new friendship.

The fact that Anika had earlier run away from home shows that she is easily influenced.

According to Hesselink, the manner in which Anika was murdered and left is directly related to the murderer's characteristics.

"The purpose of his/her/their visit was to hurt her," said Hesselink.

"If it was one person, it is an extremely dangerous person. Because if one is capable of doing all those things (murdering her, presumably raping her and cutting off her hands), one has to be abnormal and psychopathic.

"It must be someone who hates women, because a lot of anger was taken out on her."

http://www.news24.com/Content/South...5-03-2010-08-34/Anika_murder_extremely_brutal

Do you guys think this article is a bit sensationalist? To me it reads like a YOU article.

 

[Gawain]

lol do you read YOU? :wtf:

but other than questioning your reading matter, I agree with you

 

[lilDeath]

One says sensationalist, another says passionate.

Facts are facts though, up to you to decide. One thing though is certain, it is brutal.

There are way too many uncertainty's in the article though - If's, Must have's etc...

 

[Fudzy]

lol do you read YOU? :wtf:

but other than questioning your reading matter, I agree with you

Only in doctors/dentist waiting rooms usually Just seems like story telling than journalism.

 

[Kornhub]

Dude im still devastated at the murder...imagine finding your daughter like that f- me

 

[killadoob]

These criminologists are actually damn accurate, watch the crime and investigation channel. They generally get it spot on.

 

[syntax]

These criminologists are actually damn accurate, watch the crime and investigation channel. They generally get it spot on.

possibly because you are watching the success stories?
john edwards is always spot on when on tv.

 

[killadoob]

possibly because you are watching the success stories?
john edwards is always spot on when on tv.

John edwards claims to talk to the dead, he does not give his opinion on what happened at a crime scene, i see your point but i still reckon they are very accurate.

John edwards could solve many crimes if he was on the crime channel . All he has to do is ask the dead who did it.

 

[Alan]

Only in doctors/dentist waiting rooms usually Just seems like story telling than journalism.

Lies it's delivered to your door every week along with Heat, Cosmo and Elle

 

[Fudzy]

Lies it's delivered to your door every week along with Heat, Cosmo and Elle

That's it Alan! I'm not passing them onto you anymore

 

[ToAsTeD]

Takes a very disturbed person to do something like this!

 

[swift412]

Takes a very disturbed person to do something like this!

Unfortunately we live in a country full of them...

 

[syntax]

John edwards claims to talk to the dead, he does not give his opinion on what happened at a crime scene, i see your point but i still reckon they are very accurate.

John edwards could solve many crimes if he was on the crime channel . All he has to do is ask the dead who did it.

even if they are accurate, its usually forensics and normal detective work that solves the case, at the end they look at the criminologists report and go, oh, yes, u were correct, well done. Not sure how much it goes towards solving the case.