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Sunday marked a year since the theology student and her 85-year-old grandfather, Chris Lategan, were murdered in their apartment in Parow.
A Jesse Hess supporter at Bellville Magistrates Court on February 13, 2020, where the case against his alleged killers was postponed until April 8, 2020. Image: Lauren Isaacs / EWN
CAPE TOWN – A year later, the family of murdered University of the Western Cape (UWC) student Jesse Hess said they still hadn’t had any closures.
Sunday marked a year since the theology student and her 85-year-old grandfather, Chris Lategan, were murdered in their apartment in Parow.
This comes just over a year after the rape and murder of University of Cape Town (UCT) student Uyinene Mrwetyana at the Clareinch post office.
Subsequently, his body was thrown at Khayelitsha.
“It feels exactly like it just happened, it makes no difference. It’s still tough, it’s still raw.”
That’s Sandy Hess as she recounts how the family managed since her niece and stepfather were taken away.
The family held a memorial service at the graves of Jesse Hess and his grandfather yesterday, and while it was a year later, it doesn’t seem like it was long ago for the family.
Hess said they were in pain and that they still didn’t understand why they had to lose their loved ones in such a cruel way.
“Our family is not the same, there is still a hole because they took both of them at the same time. Our house is empty without them.”
Two men have been charged with their murders.
Hess said they were due to return to court in October.
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