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The Inge Lotz Story
on 16 March 2005, Stellenbosch University student, Inge Lotz, was bludgeoned to death in her apartment. Shortly afterwards her boyfriend, Fred van der Fyver, was arrested for her murder. Police found his footprint in blood, his fingerprints on a rented DVD cover and the murder weapon in his car. Fred’s only defence? He didn’t do it.
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What follows are a selection of portraits I took during the 10 years it took me to investigate the murder.
Private Detective, Daryl Els, drives to the murder scene, Cape Town, 2013
Former murder accused, Fred van der Vyver, Cape Town, 2014
Private Detective, Daryl Els, breaks down during our interview, 2013
Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi in her office at the Wits Justice Project, Johannesburg, 2014
Forensic Pathologist, David Klatzow, Cape Town, 2013
Fingerprint Examiner, Pat Wertheim, Atlanta, 2013