About Annel Snyman
Annel Snyman (1982 - 2019)
Brief overview:
Annel (37), owner of the Loebies predator park outside Bela-Bela, was found dead in the bathroom at the Cayley Mountain Resort in Winterton, Drakensberg, on 9th September 2019. Her partner, businessman Chris Luüs (44), who found her hanging behind the bathroom door, contacted the management of the resort, who in turn contacted the police.
The initial postmortem findings were that Annel had suffocated and ruled that she had committed suicide. Family members contested this and requested a second opinion. An inquest docket was opened and it was found that Annel was murdered.
Brief Biography:
- Other Victims/Family
- Funeral/Memorial
- The Street/Suburb
- The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)
Attack Details:
- Date and time of attack
- Weapons
- Items Stolen
- Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
- Torture, Gratuitous violence
- Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.
Perpetrator details:
- Number and Descriptions
- Arrests
- Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
- Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
- Trial/Conviction
- On 7th November 2019 Chris Luüs was arrested on charges of murder and obstruction of justice. He appeared briefly in the Colenso Magistrate’s Court on 18th December for bail application. His case was transferred to the Estcourt regional court. He was due to appear again in court on 19th February 2020.
- Court hearings continue.
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Annel Snyman's Timeline
| 1982 |
1982
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| 2019 |
September 9, 2019
Age 37
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Winterton, Uthukela DC, KZN, South Africa
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