Buks Viljoen, Beeld ERMELO - Sept 23 2010 - The Afrikaans Bible used by Jacoba ‘Jakkie’ Cornelia Coetzee, 62, that morning during Bible study was on her bedside table – and on the floor below lay a bloodied axe near her mutilated body, writes Buks Viljoen of Beeld newspaper. Only a cellphone appears to be missing…
Mrs Coetzee – who worked part-time with her husband at the Ermelo SAPS canteen - was cruelly hacked to death on Thursday afternoon. Her body lay next to the bed. Shocked family members and friends, including many police officials who were friends of the couple, gathered at the Coetzee family home on Thursday after the news of her murder broke.
Her husband Gert, 66, had arrived home at about 12:30 and discovered his wife's maimed body in the master bedroom. She had at least one hack wound to her face. Mrs Coetzee, a congregant of the Dutch Reformed church in the town, earlier that morning had still attended her weekly Bible study group with her friends. When she left there at 11.30, it was the last time she was seen alive. When her husband came home shortly before lunch, he found her lying in a pool of blood next to the bed in their bedroom. The axe lay near her body.
Gem of a human being
The Coetzees are well-known in the town and news about her death sent shockwaves through the community. Among other things, they handled ticket sales at the entrance to the Ermelo agricultural show every year. The couple also worked part-time at the bar in the police canteen. Mrs Coetzee was seen at the canteen on Thursday morning taking stock after they had worked on Wednesday night. "She was a gem of a human being. The epitome of benevolence," Karla Prinsloo, spokeswoman for the Ermelo police, said on Thursday. The police's forensic experts were still busy investigating the scene for clues on Thursday night. Her daughter, Susan Losper, told Beeld through her tears how horrific the attack had been, shortly after she arrived at her parents' home on Thursday.She was too emotional to talk about it further.
According to w/o Prinsloo, by Thursday night the police “had found no sign of forced entry to the house”and the only thing that was missing was Mrs Coetzee's cellphone…
The SAPS may be contacted via Lt. Col. Leonie Joubert at telephone 017 811 3665 if anyone has further information about the murder.
•http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Body-found-between-Bible-and-axe-20100923
•http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Lyk-na-moord-by-Bybel-gevind-20100923
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