Daisy De Melker: South Africa's First Female Serial Killer

09/03/23 • 24 min

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.
Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/de-melker-daisy.htm
https://southafricafacts.co.za/daisy-de-melker/
https://www.crimemagazine.com/daisy-de-melker-south-africas-first-serial-killer-0
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Ellis Brothers: Eliminating the Threat

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?
Sources:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10560275/real-murder-responsible-child-killer-bbc-ellis-brothers/
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/neil-tulley-murder-teenager-jerome-3175644
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-27518701
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601770/Baby-faced-killer-locked-knifing-STEPFATHER-death-big-brother-lay-sofa-family-home.html
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Anika Smit: The Killer Took Her Hands

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.
Sources:
https://ewn.co.za/topic/anika-smit
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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