"NOW I'm going to sleep," Anene Booysen told her foster mother, Corlia Oliver, who was sitting at her bedside in the Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town on Saturday night.
Shortly after that the 17-year-old took her last breath.
She had been gang-raped in the quiet town of Bredasdorp and her body savagely mutilated.
She was found by security guards at a construction site,
She miraculously survived for several hours after the ordeal.
"She was so strong. She even told her mother who had done this to her. Then she said she was cold and her mother covered her with a blanket," her aunt Pauline Harmse said in a whisper..
Booysen implicated a friend of hers.
The police swooped on the 23-year-old on Sunday and he made his first appearance in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Another suspect was arrested on Wednesday.
"The investigation continues and more arrests are imminent," police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said.
Meanwhile, Booysen's family are trying to get on with their lives and are preparing for her burial tomorrow.
Her short life had been fraught with hardship.
Her biological mother died when she was little and Corlia and Marco Olivier took Booysen and her brother in.
"Anene was a very loving person," Harmse said.
But the family struggled financially and eventually Booysen gave up school when she was in grade 7 to help put food on the table.
Last Friday Booysen went to a nearby pub with her friends.
Her mother woke up in the early hours of Saturday to discover that she had not come home. She went to look for her at the pub.
"Her mother told her to come home but Anene said she was still busy," Harmse said.
"At five o' clock someone knocked on the door - she had to go and confirm whether it was Anene who had been attacked." .
The first thing Oliver saw were her shoes - she had a special way of tying her laces - and knew immediately.
Western Cape Health Department spokesman Faiza Steyn said her family had asked that the extent of her injuries not be revealed.. But she said hospital staff were so traumatised they needed counselling.
As for the suspect - Harmse said they were shocked.
"Anene's mother is not dealing with this. She cannot speak anymore."
Hunt on for more Bredasdorp suspects
"NOW I'm going to sleep," Anene Booysen told her foster mother, Corlia Oliver, who was sitting at her bedside in the Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town on Saturday night.
Shortly after that the 17-year-old took her last breath.
She had been gang-raped in the quiet town of Bredasdorp and her body savagely mutilated.
She was found by security guards at a construction site,
She miraculously survived for several hours after the ordeal.
"She was so strong. She even told her mother who had done this to her. Then she said she was cold and her mother covered her with a blanket," her aunt Pauline Harmse said in a whisper..
Booysen implicated a friend of hers.
The police swooped on the 23-year-old on Sunday and he made his first appearance in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Another suspect was arrested on Wednesday.
"The investigation continues and more arrests are imminent," police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said.
Meanwhile, Booysen's family are trying to get on with their lives and are preparing for her burial tomorrow.
Her short life had been fraught with hardship.
Her biological mother died when she was little and Corlia and Marco Olivier took Booysen and her brother in.
"Anene was a very loving person," Harmse said.
But the family struggled financially and eventually Booysen gave up school when she was in grade 7 to help put food on the table.
Last Friday Booysen went to a nearby pub with her friends.
Her mother woke up in the early hours of Saturday to discover that she had not come home. She went to look for her at the pub.
"Her mother told her to come home but Anene said she was still busy," Harmse said.
"At five o' clock someone knocked on the door - she had to go and confirm whether it was Anene who had been attacked." .
The first thing Oliver saw were her shoes - she had a special way of tying her laces - and knew immediately.
Western Cape Health Department spokesman Faiza Steyn said her family had asked that the extent of her injuries not be revealed.. But she said hospital staff were so traumatised they needed counselling.
As for the suspect - Harmse said they were shocked.
"Anene's mother is not dealing with this. She cannot speak anymore."
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