\u201cShe was a happy, loving, caring person and enjoyed interacting with people.\u201d<\/p>\n
These are the words of a heartbroken Wendy Liebenberg, after the brutal murder of her grandmother, Marie Sadler (72).<\/p>
Sadler was attacked and killed in the family\u2019s Delville home, last Thursday, while Wendy and her husband, Jaco, were at work.<\/p>\n
The Germiston SAPS are currently investigating the case, but so far no arrests have been made.<\/p>
Sadler, along with the Liebenbergs, relocated to Delville two years ago after having lived in Carltonville for most of their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy gran was a big part of the Carltonville community,\u201d Wendy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe worked at Woolworths and everyone knew and loved her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sadler\u2019s husband, George, passed away many years ago and the couple have two daughters, Sharon Smith and Colleen De Jesus.<\/p>\n
Wendy, Sharon\u2019s daughter, told the GCN that she had grown up with her grandmother since she was a little girl of three years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe enjoyed gardening, listening to music, reading and doing crosswords,\u201d Wendy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe also loved interacting with people and talking to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the couple left for work on Thursday morning it was just like any other, ordinary work day.<\/p>\n
However, when Jaco returned home at about 3pm he was greeted by a sight no one should ever have to see.<\/p>\n
He found his grandmother-in-law had been mutilated and murdered.<\/p>\n
The murderer had stabbed Sadler in the stomach and neck and cut off her ears and nose.<\/p>\n
It appears that he had also tried to remove her eyebrows.<\/p>\n
The police were immediately called to the scene and Capt George Raphulu, head of communications for the Germiston SAPS, said: \u201cWe suspect the perpetrator of the crime was the family\u2019s worker, who came to do the garden and clean the house.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police have not been able to trace the man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raphulu added that the motive for the murder is unknown as yet.<\/p>\n
Wendy said the police are keeping the family informed of all developments in the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cJaco and I thank the Germiston CPF, who had members stay with us until midnight on the day it happened,” she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe support was invaluable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also thank the community for assisting us with the memorial arrangements for my grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n
A memorial service for Sadler was held on Thursday, at the Baptist Church in Germiston.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grieving her death and trying our best to carry on,\u201d a grief-stricken Wendy said.<\/p>\n
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