Colonel André Traut, Western Cape police spokesperson, confirmed that their investigation into Karin van Aardt’s murder has yielded new developments, and that the three men are expected to make their first court appearance in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court today, December 12.

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He further announced that the 33-year-old suspect who was arrested first failed to appear in court yesterday.
Van Aardt’s brutal death sent shockwaves through the Lowveld and South Africa.

She and her husband had flown from Mbombela to Cape Town and were on their way to Vredenburg for their grandchild’s eighth birthday when a group of men attacked them in a smash-and-grab during which she was fatally stabbed.

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A memorial service will be held at NG Moedergemeente Nelspruit, 11:00 on December 18.