Another family murder

[Lucas Buck]

Flowers mark site of family slaughter

October 30 2013 at 09:52am
By Valeska Abreu


Independent Newspapers

Residents of the Woodlands Lifestyle Estate came together to say prayers and place flowers at the scene where a father killed two of his three sons, their mother and himself.

Pretoria - Rose petals and flowers covered the grass on Tuesday in front of a jungle gym where a father shot his two young sons and their mother, killing them, before turning the gun on himself.

It is believed the couple’s oldest child, aged six, saw the lifeless bodies of his family soon after four shots were heard at the Woodlands Lifestyle Estate on Monday afternoon, although police could not confirm this.

Two women who were first to reach the scene realised immediately the four were dead. They say they are traumatised and are undergoing counseling.

Chelaine van der Westhuizen said: “I was asked to offer medical assistance because shots were fired, but I had no idea that is what I would find. I can’t get that image out of my head.

“A mother with her four-year-old son next to her. Less then a metre away was a dad with a gun in his hand and the two-year-old boy close by. Not moving, or breathing.”

Despite taking out a protection order earlier this month, Carla van Wyk, 32, had allowed her former partner, Matthew Du Toit, 32, into the estate on Monday to visit the children. link

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[Rocket Raccoon]

I wonder what drove him to this?

 

[ShaunSA]

 

[Ninja'd]

I wonder what drove him to this?

If I can't have you then no one can.

 

[MrMag]

Because he must of been a control freak, then lost the control when she decided to leave him.
These type of guys totally lose it then emotions run high.

 

[Solarion]

If I can't have you then no one can.

+1 often imminent bankruptcy or a divorce.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

If I can't have you then no one can.

I'm trying to work an angle. Previous thread (Paul Nothnagel's murder-suicide of his kids and self) I was the ******* who didn't want to hear anything and others were trying to sympathise.

 

[Happy Camper]

I'm guessing infidelity was involved?

 

[Mila]

I'm guessing infidelity was involved?

they were separated.

I just don't get *******s like this. Just kill yourself and get it over with. Killing children??? there is a special place in hell for people like this.

 

[Fudzy]

they were separated.

I just don't get *******s like this. Just kill yourself and get it over with. Killing children??? there is a special place in hell for people like this.

It's the Calvinist upbringing.

 

[blunomore]

It's the Calvinist upbringing.

Explain ?

 

[Fudzy]

Explain ?

Said in jest, like people who blame black culture on baby rapes etc, more often than not if there is a murder suicide involving a gun it's carried out by some Du Toit or Smith.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

I'm guessing infidelity was involved?

With a dose of domestic violence. Only reason I can think of why there was a protection order against him.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Said in jest, like people who blame black culture on baby rapes etc, more often than not if there is a murder suicide involving a gun it's carried out by some Du Toit or Smith.

The levels you would sink too...turning a family tragedy into a racist trolling attempt. But then again, I am not surprised though.

 

[Fudzy]

The levels you would sink too...turning a family tragedy into a racist trolling attempt. But then again, I am not surprised though.

Oh the irony, so it's okay so long as the culprit victims are black?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Oh the irony, so it's okay so long as the culprit victims are black?

There are certain stereotypes but that doesn't make one crime less tragic than another.

 

[Fudzy]

There are certain stereotypes but that doesn't make one crime less tragic than another.

Agreed they are equally tragic.

 

[Ninja'd]

Only Carla van Wyk from Pretoria I can find is a stripper. Please let it not be her.

 

[visrot]

It's sad for the outsiders looking in, but for the perpetrator he just didn't see any other way. Who knows what the circumstances were anyway.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

It's sad for the outsiders looking in, but for the perpetrator he just didn't see any other way. Who knows what the circumstances were anyway.

No circumstance justifies this.