And when he heard her on the phone, Johan allegedly walked away from the child\u2019s room, went back into the main house and shot himself.<\/p>\n
Vanecia told the GCN that a few minutes before this, Johan had been standing at the foot of her bed, telling her to get out immediately, otherwise he was going to shoot her and her son, Kian Brody (9).<\/p>
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\u201cI will never forget the way he spoke to me and the look in his eyes and on his face,\u201d Vanecia said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a look of pure hate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I close my eyes that is all I see.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started screaming hysterically, saying not David, and he said it was too late, he had already killed them all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vanecia, who was busy planning a June wedding next year to the love of her life, David, doesn\u2019t know what triggered the horrific events of June 5.<\/p>\n
The couple had been together for 11 years.<\/p>\n
David, Vanecia and Kian (a Laerskool Elspark learner) lived in a three-bedroom flat on Johan\u2019s property in Elspark.<\/p>\n
They had built the flat eight years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid wanted to be close to his parents as his mom, Aletta, was not well and he felt he should be close by to look after her and Johan,\u201d Vanecia said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSadly, Aletta succumbed to her illness in October 2016 and passed away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continued to take care of Johan, as did David\u2019s sisters, Tanya and Annamarie.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid\u2019s sisters stayed in the main house with their father.\u201d<\/p>\n Vanecia told the GCN that David was always concerned about his father.<\/p>\n Sometimes when they would go and visit Vanecia\u2019s mom, Dawn, he would ask her if he could take a plate of food home for his dad.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was always thinking about his father,\u201d Vanecia said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all communicated well with each other, except Johan would often push us away.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd when the company Johan worked for went into liquidation, all the children, who were all employed, gave him R2 000 a month each to pay his bills.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were always there to help him.\u201d<\/p>\n Vanecia added that over the last few weeks Johan had shown signs of depression and that about two weeks ago he had taken an overdose of tablets. David assisted him through this.<\/p>\n \u201cWe set up counselling for him with our pastor, but when it came time to go he told us it was a waste of time and he refused to go.<\/p>\n \u201cHe also always told us he didn\u2019t have time for religion, so I don\u2019t understand all the religious social media posts he was making.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we just started monitoring him closely and kept asking him if everything was okay, to which he would respond everything was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n Then, in the early hours of June 5, Johan called David and told him to take Vanecia and Kian to Dawn\u2019s house.<\/p>\n \u201cDavid couldn\u2019t hear his father properly, so he went into the main house to ask him what he should do.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in bed and heard David coming out of the main house, then a gunshot rang out.<\/p>\n \u201cI heard David going back inside the main house and I heard another gunshot.<\/p>\n \u201cA few minutes later Johan was standing by my bed and I knew he had shot David,\u201d Vanecia said.<\/p>\n Now Vanecia has to live without her partner, and Kian, without his father.<\/p>\n She said there are no other family members left on the Brody side. It is just her and Kian.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RELATED ARTICLES:<\/span><\/p>\n Breaking News: Triple murder, suicide in Elspark described as gruesome by SAPS<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: Elspark triple murder, suicide victims named<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cKian keeps asking me when his daddy is going to come home and if he is going to be dead forever,\u201d said a distraught Vanecia.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is his birthday on July 7 and we had bought him a go-kart. Now he keeps saying his daddy needs to come home to give it to him.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how he is going to handle his birthday without his father there.\u201d<\/p>\n Vanecia told the GCN that she does not think the horror of the murders has sunk in yet.<\/p>\n \u201cI am still waiting for David to come home.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is extremely difficult for me and my child,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Both Vanecia and Kian are undergoing trauma counselling.<\/p>\n Vanecia is trying to arrange the funerals for David, Annamarie and Tanya.<\/p>\n \u201cI will have a separate funeral for David and then a combined one for his sisters,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, there is a strike at the Germiston mortuary so we are still waiting for the bodies to be released.\u201d<\/p>\n Vanecia told the GCN that David\u2019s company said he had a very promising future and had set high standards.<\/p>\n \u201cHe always put his happiness second to others\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a wonderful partner and father and I don\u2019t how we are going to carry on,\u201d Vanecia said.<\/p>\n A murder docket and a suicide docket were registered at the Elsburg Police Station. The police said that at this stage the motive for the murders and suicide are unknown.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)\u00a0<\/span>germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong> or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)\u00a0<\/span>leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Or add the GCN on\u00a0<\/b><\/span>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers\u00a0<\/span>Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kempton Express.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/06\/IMG-20180607-WA0002_60183-520x390.jpg\")
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