Samuel Bongani MFEKA

AKA "Kranskop Killer"

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Rape
Number of victims: 6
Date of murders: 1993 - 1996
Date of arrest: September 8, 1996
Date of birth: ???
Victims profile: Women
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Carletonville, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Status: Unknown

Samuel Bongani Mfeka -- another in what is becoming a long line of South African killers -- was arrested on September 8, 1996, in KwaZulu Natal on a rape charge. While in custody Samuel pointed out six areas where the bodies of women who had been raped and strangled were hidden.

The first murder dates to 1993 following the discovery of a body in Carletonville. Another body was found in the veld in Vrede in November, 1994. The four other bodies have since been found in the Kranskop area. The last body found on September 8, 1996, was in an advanced state of decomposition. According to a police source, four of the bodies were found within easy distance of the suspect's house in a rural area in KwaZulu Natal.

A police spokesman announced that Mfeka was also being questioned in relation to the 15 bodies attributed to the "Nasrec Strangler". Although he has not been officially charged with the killings, they have spotted similarities between both killers. Detectives are also searching for another man who may have been an accomplice of the suspect. He too is wanted for questioning in connection with the Nasrec murders.

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 1993-96

VENUE: KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

VICTIMS: Six

MO: Rape-slayer of women; also suspect in "NASREC STRANGLER" case.

DISPOSITION: Confessed six counts at arrest, Sept. 1996.

Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans