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Marthinus Jacobus STAPELBERG
Classification: Spree killer
Characteristics: Internal Stability Unit policeman
- "Hated blacks"
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: 1995 - 1996
Date
of arrest:February
1996
Date of birth: 1974
Victims profile: Men
Method of murder:
Shooting
Location: South Africa
Status: Sentenced to life in prison in 1997
Killing spree: A three-month
shooting spree in Dec 1995 - Jan/Feb 1996
A Internal South African
Stability Unit policeman, Marthinus was convicted of five counts of
murder and three of attempted murder, theft and robbery.
Marthinus Jakobus Stapelberg (5)
A 22-year-old Internal Stability Unit policeman in South Africa,
Marthinus was convicted of five counts of murder and three of attempted
murder, theft and robbery with aggravating circumstances for a three-month
shooting spree which ended with his arrest in February, 1996.
The racist killer told the Johannesburg High Court he
had watched the film Natural Born Killers at least four times and that
it had had an influence on his life. He found the violence in the film "satisfying".
In court he said he "felt nothing" while killing, especially if his
victims were black because he "hated blacks." Now in prison, Marthinus
has found Christ and his life had changed for the better.
Mayhem.net
Marthinus Jakobus Stapelberg
July 30, 1997
A 22-year-old Internal South African Stability Unit
policeman, Marthinus was convicted of five counts of murder and three of
attempted murder, theft and robbery with aggravating circumstances for a
three-month shooting spree which ended with his arrest in February,
1996.
SEX:
M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extremist/CE
MO:
Racist gunman; shot blacks, robbing several victims.
DISPOSITION:
Life term, 1997.
Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia
of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans
