Murder of Magdalena Stoffels

On July 27, 2010, 17-year-old Magdalena Stoffels was on the way to her school, Dawid Bezuidenhout High School in Windhoek, Nambia.  She was found in a riverbed near the school she had her throat slit and was sexually assaulted. She was still alive when found but unfortunately, she would die from her injuries.

Later that day police saw Junias Fillipus washing his clothes in the same river. He had scratch marks and blood on his clothes and was arrested for it on July 27. It May 2011 he was released from custody and due to results not linking him to the murder. This led to him suing for unlawful arrest and detention. His case was thrown out due to the one-year statute of limitations.

This case ignited the debate on reinstating the death penalty in Nambia. Around 3,000 people including school children marched from her school to Magistrates' Court in Katutura to protest her rape and murder and to deliver a petition to the Deputy Prosecutor General. In 2013 a bridge in Windhoek named after Magdalena was built. It crosses the Arebbusch Riverbed where the murder
occurred in an effort to prevent future crimes in the bushy riverbed.

Her killer still hasn't been caught.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia
New Era LiveEn Academic
The Namibian