Four men accused of raping and murdering 16-year-old Franziska Blochliger in the Tokai forest are expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
The teenager was raped and murdered in March this year.
Accused number two, Jerome Moses, and accused number four Daniel Easter, were granted bail as they can only be linked to Blöchliger’s stolen cellphone. Accused number one has been linked through DNA results to Blöchliger’s rape.
Any bail application by accused number three would have been denied and was thus abandoned in the early stages of the case as he had failed to appear in court on another matter.
Blöchliger was found dead in Tokai forest in March following a late afternoon jog. Investigations and post-mortem results found that Blöchliger had been raped, had sand in her throat at the time of her death, and had ligature marks around her neck.
The teenager suffocated to death as she was strangled and her face pressed against the ground.
According to reports, the post-mortem indicates that the 16-year-old girl had sand in her throat at the time of her death, with ligature marks around her neck and features, indicating she had been throttled.
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