Episode 147 The Murder of Debbie Venter

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In May 2020, South Africa was in the grips of the covid-19 lockdown when stage-4 cancer sufferer, Debbie Venter vanished without a trace. The woman who had elected to care for Debbie in her last days claimed she'd left of her own volition, but the detective tasked with finding Debbie didn't think this was true at all. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447)
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10 Mar English South Africa True Crime · Society & Culture

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