KZN: Father on the run after four children found “hanged” at home

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Now according the the reporter heard by me on air 702, the father said what he was doing on a family whatsapp group, as he killed each one in turn, so that they can tell the mother.

So, tell me anti-death penalty people, why must this guy not be killed when he has been found guilty after a court trail? I'm sure all the evidence will be overwhelming.
 
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Yeah, I saw this on the twits earlier.

You know what we need?

Some more hashtags. #notinmyname #menaretrash and whatever else, but heaven forbid government takes real action at grassroots level to ensure upliftment and education of people to treat the root causes of this.
 
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Is he the biological father? Because it normally is easier to kill someones else kids to punish the mother than your own.

Still it is sick to the core to kill three innocent children because you have issues
 
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Acid0 said:
Is he the biological father? Because it normally is easier to kill someones else kids to punish the mother than your own.

Still it is sick to the core to kill three innocent children because you have issues
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The eldest was a step-daughter, the younger three was his own, from what I understand. She had filed for divorce.
 
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The 3 youngest was his, the 16 year old was his step kid.

According to radio news report he called the step daughter's father and said "go collect your package in the bush"

This is devastating, can't even imagine what the mother must be going through.

RIP children
 
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I say arrest him, (if found) put in van and let him go free inside the families care...........

I really dont want to pay for him having three hots and a cot with the chance of getting KFC and strippers every year
 
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I can not read things like this where children are the victim of adults. My heart beats out my chest and my throat closes up. Adults are suppose to be children's protectors and guardians.

RIP little ones. May you be with your heavenly father in heaven.

To the dad I do hope you will get what you deserve.
 
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A 2013 study from the UK, which examined filicides in England and Wales between 1997 and 2006, found that 40% of filicide offenders had a recorded mental illness. Young age in the offender was also a factor.

Other risk factors include acrimonious relationship breakdowns and post-separation parenting disputes. Alcohol, drug use, previous offending, a history of domestic violence and suicidal tendencies all increase the risk of offending.


“Spouse revenge” filicide

This final category consists of parents who kill their offspring in a deliberate attempt to make their spouses suffer. The prototype is found in Euripides’ play, Medea. After killing their two sons, Medea told her unfaithful husband, Jason, “Thy sons are dead and gone. That will stab thy heart” (Oates and O’Neill, 1938). The most common precipitants for spouse revenge filicide are spousal infidelity and child custody disputes.


Lillian De Bortoli, a researcher at Swimburne University in Australia, has identified three types of fathers who murder their children:

  • De Facto Male: This type of child killer is a live-in boyfriend or stepfather. He typically kills only one child and has a history of abusing the child. Murders of this type are usually hands-on and quite violent, with stomping, throwing, beating, strangling, etc., involved.
  • Separated Father: The current case in Texas fits this category. The murdered children are his own flesh and blood. Estranged from the mother, a father in this category generally has a history of abusing her, the children, or both. The abuse may have prompted the separation. Revenge against the mother is the motivation, and the killing often occurs during custody disputes.
  • Coupled Father: A father who kills his children while the family is still intact, he typically has a criminal history. This type is at high risk of being not just a child killer, but a family annihilator. Most of these murders involve multiple victims, and in the case of family annihilators, may include not only the children’s mother, but also members of the extended family and anyone else who happens to be present when the frenzy begins.
In each of these categories, the killer is likely to have underlying mental health issues that make him susceptible to rumination, rage, obsession, and the other toxic moods and emotions that build to a critical mass. That’s no excuse, unless the killer is truly psychotic.


The problem we have in South Africa is that we have so many incredibly damaged human beings wandering around. The sheer brutality of life in your average township damages people - cognitively, developmentally, psychologically even physically. And we do nothing to help them, change them, teach them, save them.
 
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