In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the murder of 23-year-old Michael Van Eck becomes one of South Africa’s darkest true crime stories. What starts with a missing car, a worried family, and a date arranged through a chat app quickly becomes a late-night cemetery meeting, blood found near the chapel, a police dog uncovering the truth, Shauné van Heerden and Martiens van der Walt calmly walking into custody, disturbing notebooks, occult-style rituals, stolen money, and a warning that this may have only been the beginning.

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