Decomposed Body of Woman Found Under Bed Of Neighbor Who Helped To Search For Her

Category: Crime News


A mom’s decomposed body has been found under the bed of her neighbor who had also helped in searching for her.

Annelise van Rooyen, 33, had been missing since April 24.

Jaun-Paul van der Westhuizen, 32, would mislead the family by saying he saw her in different places. The gruesome find happened on Monday when the accused’s brother was looking for stolen items.

While speaking to cops, Van der Westhuizen tried to piemp his friends Florenzo Steyn, 31, and Marshall Baartman, 27.

They all appeared on a murder charge in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

The prosecutor read the docket in court: “The deceased went missing in April, and she was found on 19 September.

“Her body was under the bed of accused number one. It was decomposed. Accused number one made an admission to the captain that the deceased went to his home with accused two and three to smoke. He wanted to have s3x with the deceased who tried to run; they strangled her and then put her under the bed.”

The State has indicated that they are opposing bail for all accused. The victim’s mom, Marlene, 53, says: “This man has been coming to home, I treated him like a son.

“He helped us with the search and he would come to me and tell me that he saw Annie in Wynberg and other places and all along he knew what he did.”

The hartseer vrou says her daughter was last seen walking to a nearby winkel.

“We had been everywhere looking for her and then on Monday when Jaun-Paul’s brother was looking for stolen items in his bungalow he found the body and called people,” she explains.

“We knew it was her because of the top she wore the last time I saw her, I picked her clothes that morning. She was not wearing the tights and shoes she had on.”

Marlene also tells the Daily Voice that her daughter had a mental illness.

“She had a mind of a child, if you complimented her top, she would have taken it off.

“Jaun-Paul took advantage of that and took her away from her 16-year-old son.”