'We don't forgive the killers'
2008-07-22 09:37
Maygene de Wee
Cape Town - The family of a Department of Correctional Services former brigadier, Willie Rousseau, 76, of Jacobs Bay, have described his murder as senseless, barbaric and humiliating.
"We don't forgive those responsible for this gruesome deed," said Amanda Singleton, Rousseau's eldest daughter.
Rousseau's body was found on a deserted farm road near Hopefield on Saturday afternoon.
About 16:20 on Friday, Rousseau drove to buy cigarettes at a nearby café, as he did every day.
His wife, Joey, became worried when he was not back at his usual time.
Amanda said: "We thoroughly searched his usual route and then we told police in Vredenburg and Saldanha Bay that my father was missing."
By 04:00 on Saturday, the satellite tracking device in his vehicle showed that the car was in the Malmesbury area.
By 07:00, police had arrested two suspects on the Klipheuwel Road near Durbanville.
Dumped his body
Rousseau's bakkie was hijacked and he was strangled to death.
Superintendent André Traut said one of the two men, who had been arrested in connection with Rousseau's murder, admitted that they had robbed him and dumped his body at an isolated spot.
The suspect then took police to the place where Rousseau's body lay in a pool of water on a gravel road near Hopefield.
Traut said police still were searching for a third suspect.
The two suspects they arrested, Cedric Lottering and Ricardo Petersen, both of Saldanha Bay, appeared in the Circuit Court in Velddrif on Monday on charges of theft and murder.
- Die Burger