The talented and beautiful female student was gang-abused by 4 men and suffered excruciating pain for 11 hours
In 2017, Hannah Cornelius, a 21-year-old female student, from South Africa, became a victim in a horrific kidnapping, rape and murder case that shocked world opinion at that time. She and her friend Cheslin Marsh, 22 years old, were tortured by “wolf packs” for 11 hours with excruciating pain.
5 years later, a new documentary film called “Last Blue Ride” sheds light on the hidden corners behind the tragic death of a beautiful talented student and a series of days her family struggled with grief. lost a dear girl.
Documentary about the death of schoolgirl Hannah Cornelius.
Savage crime
Hannah Cornelius was then a student studying humanities at Stellenbosch University, in South Africa. The girl is famous in school with her brilliant beauty, sunny smile and remarkable academic achievements.
At around 3 a.m. on May 27, 2017, Hannah brought her classmate Cheslin Marsh, 22, home after the two attended a dance. When the car was parked on the lawn to rest, the two friends talked for a few minutes when a group of four men approached the car. The whole process was recorded by security cameras.
Hannah Cornelius is a talented and beautiful schoolgirl.
4 men were recorded by CCTV.
CCTV showed four men later identified as Nashville Julius (29 years old), Geraldo Parsons (27 years old), Eben Van Niekerk (28 years old) and Vernon Witbooi (33 years old) with a knife. and the screwdriver in his body tried to break into the car and control Hannah and her friend. Mr. Cheslin said in the recent documentary: “At that time, I told her to stay calm, don’t panic. Everything’s gonna Be Alright“.
At 4:34 a.m., security cameras saw the female student’s car being driven to a gas station and she was seen in the front passenger seat. This was the last time Hannah was seen alive. Meanwhile Cheslin was forced into the trunk of the car.
The blue car at the gas station.
More than an hour later, the group arrived at Kraaifontein. Here, Mr. Cheslin was taken out of the car and the bandits beat him with bricks until the victim lost consciousness. Thinking the young man was dead, the new group left, leaving Cheslin lying in a pool of blood. After that, they took Hannah to a deserted location where they took turns raping the beautiful schoolgirl.
After satisfying the beastly urge, they dragged the female student back into the car and went to another place. On a deserted road near a farm, they dragged Hannah out of the car, stabbed her in the neck with a knife, and beat her to death with a rock. After killing the female student, they calmly drove away. On the morning of May 28, the day after the incident, Cheslin suddenly woke up from serious injuries. He appealed to locals for help and the police were quickly called.
At the trial in 2018, the four defendants made the public even more angry when they showed no remorse, but showed no concern for life with cold-blooded smiles. In the end, the court sentenced the four defendants to life in prison. Although the sentence was given, all four men did not say an apology to the victim’s family after what they did.
The idle attitude of the 4 suspects.
Material evidence of the case.
Tragedy piled up
The passing of female student Hannah is a haunting shadow that covers her entire family. The schoolgirl’s mother, Anna Cornelius, died of drowning, less than a year after Hannah was murdered. Her younger brother Hannah, 18, with autism, always mentions her sister and keeps asking her father when she will return.
The victim’s father, Mr Willem, said in the documentary that it took a long time for him to appear in court because he “didn’t want to hear the terrible ordeal” his beautiful daughter had to go through. via. Mr. Willem founded the Hannah Cornelius Foundation to help children in the local area get educational support and escape violence in their community.
The victim’s father is still grieving after the tragedy.
Toni, who runs the fund, told The Sun: “Hannah is a person who has always had compassion, she is often empathetic and emotional with the unfortunate. Hannah is a little dreamy and sometimes careless. She bravely faced evil and was fearless“.
Five years on, Mr Willem says the pain is still intact in his family. “I believe our family died along with Hannah at that terrible time“, said the father.
Source: The Sun, Daily Star
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