Thursday, December 09, 2004

South African woman killed at work by husband

Tragically similar to the murder-suicide in Chapel Hill NC, a Pretoria woman named Dikeledi Onica Nkatingi, was murdered by her husband, Vicki. At almost the same time, 7:30 am on Novermber 29th, she went to her car with the assailant to retrieve some personal items of his when he shot her three times with a 9 mm handgun, once in the hand and twice in the chest. Just as the North Carolina case, the assault occurred in the parking lot of the place where she worked as a receptionist for an arms manufacturing plant. The husband, a security guard, fled the scene in her vehicle but turned himself in to the authorities soon thereafter.
She too had obtained a restraining order which proved to be useless. Allegations that Nkatingi had help from police friends, releasing him from jail, threatening the victim's family and offering him a firearm, are being investigated. The police officer suspected of providing this support is currently being sought by authorities.

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