Thighs, torso found

THE remains of butchered victim Jacoba Olivier may be complete again after more human body parts were discovered at Grootfontein yesterday.

Two human thighs and a torso were found at the Otjozondjupa Region town. It comes eight days after a human head, later identified as being part of the remains of one-time Gochas resident Jacoba Olivier, and a set of forearms had been found at the town, and two and a half days after parts of human legs and two upper arms were discovered just southwest of the town.While the Commanding Officer of the Namibian Police’s Public Relations and Liaison Division, Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu, stated late yesterday that it could not yet be said with certainty that the latest body parts were part of Olivier’s remains, it is suspected that this may be the case.The National Forensic Science Institute of Namibia will be able to provide answers on this at a later stage, Amulungu said when he announced the discovery.According to Amulungu, residents of the town’s Kaptein Lombard Street saw dogs feeding on something at about 08h00 yesterday.On having a closer look, they realised that it was a human thigh.The Police were called and they found a black plastic refuse bag containing another thigh at the scene.Another source at the town indicated that the legs were lying amongst some bushes some five metres from the street.After a search, another plastic refuse bag was found next to the Grootfontein-Tsumeb road, some 300 metres from the T-junction where that road meets the Otavi-Grootfontein road just southwest of Grootfontein, at around 12h00 yesterday, Amulungu added.A torso, believed to be of a female person, was discovered in that bag.The torso was found a few hundred metres from the spot next to the Otavi-Grootfontein road, also near the T-junction of the Tsumeb road, where parts of human legs, wrapped in blankets and black refuse bags, were discovered by school students between 18h00 and 19h00 on Saturday.The Police initially reported on Sunday that these body parts, which were said to be decomposing, consisted of two thighs and two lower legs which had been dissected at the knees.Yesterday, however, the Police corrected themselves and stated that in fact two lower legs and upper arms had been found on Saturday, while two thighs and a torso were discovered yesterday.The head and forearms had been found near the Grootfontein State Hospital on Monday last week.The newly discovered body parts have been transported to a mortuary at Tsumeb and are expected to be brought to Windhoek for further forensic examination today, Amulungu said.TWO YEARS AFTER MABULA DISCOVERY Yesterday’s grisly discoveries came two years to the day after the headless body of a 21-year-old Windhoek resident, Juanita Mabula, was found lying next to the Western Bypass road near the Windhoek Turf Club.Mabula’s head remained missing until it was found next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Rehoboth on October 24 2005.Her death is still being investigated.A Police team investigating Mabula’s death is also still investigating the deaths of three other women who were found dead – and in one case cut into pieces in a way that could be echoed by the fate that has befallen Olivier – in the Windhoek and Rehoboth areas in late 2005 and in June and July this year.The most recent of these was that of former Kalkrand resident Sanna Helena Garoës (36).A torso later identified as being part of Garoës’s remains was discovered in a rubbish bin next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Okahandja on June 17.Three days later, thighs that were later also linked to Garoës were found in a rubbish bin next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Rehoboth.Garoës’s head, lower legs and feet were the last parts of her remains to be recovered.These were found lying next to the B6 road some 35 kilometres east of Windhoek on July 11.Like Garoës, who originally lived at Kalkrand, and Mabula, who grew up at Mariental before moving to Windhoek, Olivier also hailed from southern Namibia.She was also known as Wilma Olivier, and grew up at Gochas.She last had contact with her mother, who lives on a farm southeast of Mariental, about four years ago.One of the major challenges facing the Police with Olivier’s death is the task of piecing together her activities over the last years and especially the time closer to her death.Amulungu again appealed to the public to assist the Police with information that might lead to the arrest of the person, or persons, responsible for killing Olivier and the other women.Information can be provided by phoning (061) 209 4414 (office hours) or 081 127 5510 all hours, or by contacting Deputy Commissioner Marius Visser at 081 127 2380, or Chief Inspector Jan Blaauw at (067) 223 5007 or 081 128 7340.It comes eight days after a human head, later identified as being part of the remains of one-time Gochas resident Jacoba Olivier, and a set of forearms had been found at the town, and two and a half days after parts of human legs and two upper arms were discovered just southwest of the town.While the Commanding Officer of the Namibian Police’s Public Relations and Liaison Division, Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu, stated late yesterday that it could not yet be said with certainty that the latest body parts were part of Olivier’s remains, it is suspected that this may be the case.The National Forensic Science Institute of Namibia will be able to provide answers on this at a later stage, Amulungu said when he announced the discovery.According to Amulungu, residents of the town’s Kaptein Lombard Street saw dogs feeding on something at about 08h00 yesterday.On having a closer look, they realised that it was a human thigh. The Police were called and they found a black plastic refuse bag containing another thigh at the scene.Another source at the town indicated that the legs were lying amongst some bushes some five metres from the street.After a search, another plastic refuse bag was found next to the Grootfontein-Tsumeb road, some 300 metres from the T-junction where that road meets the Otavi-Grootfontein road just southwest of Grootfontein, at around 12h00 yesterday, Amulungu added.A torso, believed to be of a female person, was discovered in that bag.The torso was found a few hundred metres from the spot next to the Otavi-Grootfontein road, also near the T-junction of the Tsumeb road, where parts of human legs, wrapped in blankets and black refuse bags, were discovered by school students between 18h00 and 19h00 on Saturday.The Police initially reported on Sunday that these body parts, which were said to be decomposing, consisted of two thighs and two lower legs which had been dissected at the knees.Yesterday, however, the Police corrected themselves and stated that in fact two lower legs and upper arms had been found on Saturday, while two thighs and a torso were discovered yesterday.The head and forearms had been found near the Grootfontein State Hospital on Monday last week.The newly discovered body parts have been transported to a mortuary at Tsumeb and are expected to be brought to Windhoek for further forensic examination today, Amulungu said.TWO YEARS AFTER MABULA DISCOVERY Yesterday’s grisly discoveries came two years to the day after the headless body of a 21-year-old Windhoek resident, Juanita Mabula, was found lying next to the Western Bypass road near the Windhoek Turf Club.Mabula’s head remained missing until it was found next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Rehoboth on October 24 2005.Her death is still being investigated.A Police team investigating Mabula’s death is also still investigating the deaths of three other women who were found dead – and in one case cut into pieces in a way that could be echoed by the fate that has befallen Olivier – in the Windhoek and Rehoboth areas in late 2005 and in June and July this year.The most recent of these was that of former Kalkrand resident Sanna Helena Garoës (36).A torso later identified as being part of Garoës’s remains was discovered in a rubbish bin next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Okahandja on June 17.Three days later, thighs that were later also linked to Garoës were found in a rubbish bin next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Rehoboth.Garoës’s head, lower legs and feet were the last parts of her remains to be recovered.These were found lying next to the B6 road some 35 kilometres east of Windhoek on July 11.Like Garoës, who originally lived at Kalkrand, and Mabula, who grew up at Mariental before moving to Windhoek, Olivier also hailed from southern Namibia.She was also known as Wilma Olivier, and grew up at Gochas.She last had contact with her mother, who lives on a farm southeast of Mariental, about four years ago.One of the major challenges facing the Police with Olivier’s death is the task of piecing together her activities over the last years and especially the time closer to her death.Amulungu again appealed to the public to assist the Police with information that might lead to the arrest of the person, or persons, responsible for killing Olivier and the other women.Information can be provided by phoning (061) 209 4414 (office hours) or 081 127 5510 all hours, or by contacting Deputy Commissioner Marius Visser at 081 127 2380, or Chief Inspector Jan Blaauw at (067) 223 5007 or 081 128 7340.