New appeal in ‘B1 Butcher’ case

A POLICE team remains working around the clock in an effort to track down whoever was responsible for killing and dismembering Kalkrand resident Sanna Garoës almost three months ago, the officer in charge of the investigation of Garoës’s death declared yesterday.

“We work around the clock and we are following up every scrap of information,” Deputy Commissioner Marius Visser told The Namibian yesterday afternoon. “We haven’t lain down,” Visser declared, vowing that the investigation now in progress will continue until the person or persons responsible for killing Garoës has been caught.”We will keep on searching until we’ve found the bastard,” he said.Visser said the Police’s team of investigators working on the case have so far taken down 57 statements from people who have provided possible leads to the Police.Nine houses have been searched as a result of information received from the public, and 17 possible suspects have been interrogated so far, he said.It is suspected that Garoës, who was last seen alive in front of a restaurant in Windhoek’s Independence Avenue on the evening of June 13, had been killed through a blow to the head, the Commanding Officer of the Police’s Public Relations and Liaison Division, Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu, told The Namibian earlier this week.The way she had been killed appeared to be similar to the manner in which Windhoek resident Juanita Mabula, whose beheaded body was found lying next to a section of the Western Bypass Road in Windhoek on September 25 2005, had been killed, Amulungu added.Mabula’s head was found only on October 24 2005.The Police reported at the time that an examination of her head showed that she had sustained a blow to the back of her head with a blunt object.Like Garoës’s death, the murder of Mabula also remains unsolved.A link between the two killings has neither been confirmed nor ruled out so far.Yesterday, Amulungu issued another appeal to the public for assistance with information that might aid in the investigation of Garoës’s death.Anyone wanting to provide information on the case to the investigators, can phone the number (061) 209 4414 between 08h00 and 17h00.A 24-hour fax line can also be contacted at (061) 209 4445, while information can also be given to the investigators after hours through the cellphone number 081 127 5510.Garoës was a mother of two children – a daughter aged 19 and a five-year-old son.She was 36 years old when she died.She was buried at Kalkrand last weekend.Her arms were not part of the remains that were buried, though, as they have not been recovered yet.Garoës’s dissected torso was found in two pieces inside a rubbish bin next to the B1 main road between Windhoek and Okahandja on June 17.On June 20, her upper legs were found in a rubbish bin next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Rehoboth.Her head, lower legs and feet, which were found lying next to the B6 road between Windhoek and Hosea Kutako International Airport on July 11, are the last parts of her remains to have been recovered so far.”We haven’t lain down,” Visser declared, vowing that the investigation now in progress will continue until the person or persons responsible for killing Garoës has been caught. “We will keep on searching until we’ve found the bastard,” he said.Visser said the Police’s team of investigators working on the case have so far taken down 57 statements from people who have provided possible leads to the Police.Nine houses have been searched as a result of information received from the public, and 17 possible suspects have been interrogated so far, he said.It is suspected that Garoës, who was last seen alive in front of a restaurant in Windhoek’s Independence Avenue on the evening of June 13, had been killed through a blow to the head, the Commanding Officer of the Police’s Public Relations and Liaison Division, Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu, told The Namibian earlier this week.The way she had been killed appeared to be similar to the manner in which Windhoek resident Juanita Mabula, whose beheaded body was found lying next to a section of the Western Bypass Road in Windhoek on September 25 2005, had been killed, Amulungu added.Mabula’s head was found only on October 24 2005.The Police reported at the time that an examination of her head showed that she had sustained a blow to the back of her head with a blunt object.Like Garoës’s death, the murder of Mabula also remains unsolved.A link between the two killings has neither been confirmed nor ruled out so far.Yesterday, Amulungu issued another appeal to the public for assistance with information that might aid in the investigation of Garoës’s death.Anyone wanting to provide information on the case to the investigators, can phone the number (061) 209 4414 between 08h00 and 17h00.A 24-hour fax line can also be contacted at (061) 209 4445, while information can also be given to the investigators after hours through the cellphone number 081 127 5510.Garoës was a mother of two children – a daughter aged 19 and a five-year-old son.She was 36 years old when she died.She was buried at Kalkrand last weekend.Her arms were not part of the remains that were buried, though, as they have not been recovered yet.Garoës’s dissected torso was found in two pieces inside a rubbish bin next to the B1 main road between Windhoek and Okahandja on June 17.On June 20, her upper legs were found in a rubbish bin next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Rehoboth.Her head, lower legs and feet, which were found lying next to the B6 road between Windhoek and Hosea Kutako International Airport on July 11, are the last parts of her remains to have been recovered so far.