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Bloem parents left heartbroken after the suicides of their daughter and her partner

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Myrtle and Pieter Drury are devastated by the deaths of their daughter and her boyfriend. (PHOTO: Jacob Morake)
Myrtle and Pieter Drury are devastated by the deaths of their daughter and her boyfriend. (PHOTO: Jacob Morake)

On the surface, they seemed to have a lot to live for: they were engaged, they both had steady jobs and they had a baby son they adored.

Yes, they’d had their challenges – he worked 300km away and trying to make the long-distance thing work could be rough. 

Jason Jonker (26) and Rochelle Drury (24) even broke up recently but decided to give it another go and were looking forward to celebrating their little boy’s first birthday at a family party in December.

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