This is the heartbreaking case of Andrea Venter, a young South African woman who suffered years of horrible domestic abuse at the hands of her boyfriend, Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren.
Like many young romances, the beginning of the relationship was perfect - everything she dreamed of. However, as time passed, he became emotionally and physically abusive to Andrea, while isolating her from all of her friends and family.

Eventually, she found the strength to serve Gerhard with a restraining order and decided to move far away, with a new job, where she could start fresh without her ex knowing where she lived. But, he didn’t respect the restraining order. He would track her down and attack her in broad daylight, in a horrific murder that was captured on camera.

What should have been an open and shut case would turn into an almost decade-long fight for justice, as the system continued to fail Andrea even after her death. And you’ll never believe what her killer ex-boyfriend did after he was arrested.

Sources:
https://www.dstv.com/m-net/en-za/show/carte-blanche/season/36/videos/-from-the-archives-back-from-brazil/video
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/gerhardus-jansen-van-vuuren-convicted-murder-andrea-venter-assault-thulani-ndlovu-brazil-fugitive-breaking-13-june-2022/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZpSMqDOUdo
https://youtu.be/21nmVSjq-HQ?si=Pq4cZnXWz39ywNpI

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Anika Smit was 17 years old on March 10, 2010, when she stayed home from school with a nasty throat infection. Her father would return home from work later that day to find the front gate unlocked, guard dogs corralled in the side yard, and two cups of undrunk coffee on the kitchen table. The house looked chaotic as if there had been a struggle, and when he walked into his teenage daughter’s bedroom, he would find out why. Anika had been stabbed to death and then had her hands cut off. It was the most horrific thing imaginable for a father to find.

Several persons of interest have been identified and interviewed throughout the years - including an ex-boyfriend and school friend - but Anika’s murder still remains unsolved to this day.

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https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/anika-smit-murder-inquest.226805/page-2 https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/murder-accused-in-anika-smit-case-says-he-was-forced-to-confess/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jXYvARzrgQ https://www.news24.com/you/news/murdered-pretoria-teens-mom-all-i-do-is-pray-and-hope-for-answers-20180823

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Daisy De Melker, a young woman from Grahamstown, South Africa, came from dirt and decided she wanted more out of life. She was willing to do whatever it took to ensure she lived a pampered, cushy life far from the poverty-stricken home she grew up in - this meant crushing anything and anyone who stood in her way. Daisy was a mother and a wife - and she would become one of South Africa’s most prolific female serial killers.

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Neil Tulley was a 54-year-old stepfather to two older children, 23-year-old Joshua Ellis and his little brother, 14-year-old Jerome Ellis, who he didn’t get along with. Both had a dysfunctional childhood, which would only get worse when they moved into their mother’s home, where she lived with Neil. Neil was known to be a violent drunk with a criminal history filled with abuse. One night, as he slept on the living room sofa, the two boys decided they had enough, and attacked him with two kitchen knives in a stabbing that was so brutal, that he was nearly decapitated. Though there was a pattern and history of violence towards the boys, Neil was asleep when the vicious murder happened.

Was this truly a case of self-defence or something else altogether?

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https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/neil-tulley-murder-teenager-jerome-3175644
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-27518701
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Colleen Ritzer was a 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School, in Danvers MA. After spending the afternoon of October 22nd, 2013, helping several students requiring assistance with their algebra, she would be seen on school surveillance video being followed to the bathroom by 14-year-old, Philip Chism. He had his hood up in an attempt to hide his identity, gloves on his hands and a box cutter in his pocket. What he would do to Colleen in the girl’s bathroom of that high school has been described as one of the most disturbing murders committed by a young teenager. Then, Philip simply disposed of her body in the schoolyard and went to see a movie. Even more shocking was the excuse given by Philip when asked by the police why he did something so heinous. He claimed he was struggling with his parent's divorce and had difficulty making friends at his new school.However, the police weren’t buying his story. They alleged that even as a young teen, Philip Chism was evil enough to plan out the vicious rape and murder of a woman who had done nothing other than help and support him at school.

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When 21-year-old Lauren Agee told her mother she had plans with her best friend to go to a three-day event called Wakefest, she immediately had a bad feeling about it. Call it mother’s intuition, but she was incredibly anxious about her beautiful and very trusting daughter going to this alcohol-fueled festival. And unfortunately, that gut feeling was right - because just a few days after Lauren left for Wakefest, she would get that dreaded phone call that her daughter was found dead. She had presumably drowned after being found face-down in the lake near her campsite. Her death was ruled an accident - but her mother has always believed that it was something more sinister at play. That someone - maybe even the best friend she went with - knew more than what they were saying. Lauren died in 2015, however, her friends and family continue to push to have her death re-examined, because they believe this to be a case of foul play.

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On tonight’s episode, I’m pausing the true crime stories to bring you a special 1 million downloads celebration episode! Meet Serial Napper host, Nikki Young, and hear about the most memorable cases covered and more.


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In 2007, 15-year-old Australian Carly Ryan was lovesick over her Texas-born musician boyfriend, Brandon. Carly was a scene kid who enjoyed MySpace, so it wasn’t surprising for her to fall in love with this 18-year-old young man who listened to the same bands as she did. She had no idea that the hours upon hours of chatting online and on the phone weren’t with Brandon, but with a 50-year-old balding predator who had his eyes set on her. This monster was bold, travelling to her hometown to attend her 15th birthday party, before luring her to her untimely death. This is the story of Carly Ryan, a beautiful young girl who trusted far too much and would become the first person in Australia to be killed by an online predator.

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https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-australian-womens-weekly/20170907/281857233682330https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ7jQUEHRd0https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/the-ex-wife-of-carly-ryans-killer-garry-francis-newman-says-she-suffered-decades-of-abuse-at-his-hands/news-story/a44fffae2985ec53c6a21945358036b0https://www.namnab.com/post/the-tragic-murder-of-carly-ryanhttps://www.mamamia.com.au/carly-ryan-murder/

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Mindy Tran was a little girl from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, who went missing on August 17th, 1994, while riding her pink bicycle to her friend’s house to play. Her body would be discovered six weeks later in a shallow grave only a few blocks away from her house, hidden amongst the brush. Witnesses reported seeing a man in the area carrying a large, heavy suitcase. The belief was this man had killed Mindy and transported her body to the woods in this suitcase. A suspect was identified as Shannon Murrin, a 44-year-old man who lived in the same duplex as Mindy’s friend. The investigation into this suspect and what happened to Mindy Tran would lead to many shocking revelations - including a possible police cover-up and a love affair within the jury.

To this day, the Mindy Tran murder remains unsolved.

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https://youtu.be/_gyi7Zy_X0M
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Dana Laskowski was a 36-year-old single mother of 9-year-old triplets. Despite having a massive amount of responsibility on her plate, she was the kind of person who always had her door open if you needed a bite to eat, a place to crash or just someone to talk to. This is why it was shocking to everyone who knew her, when she was discovered on her couch, twisted and contorted in a strange position, strangled to death.

When you open your heart to everyone, you risk allowing some bad seeds in, which, unfortunately, is exactly what would happen to Dana. Investigators looked at several of these bad seeds, to see if they were responsible for Dana’s horrific death - but it wasn’t until they found a journal, with an entry that read “Kill someone +get away with it”, that the case would be cracked wide open. This is the murder of Dana Laskowski, a nanny who loved life but sadly let a wolf in sheep's clothing get a little too close to her.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKyGNCc_XaA

https://www.oxygen.com/an-unexpected-killer/crime-news/emily-lauenborg-murders-dana-laskowski-in-bucket-list-killing

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