Episode Details

In June 2007, the dismembered remains of 36-year-old Sanna Garoës appeared beside three roads leading out of Windhoek. Her death brought two unsolved murders from 2005 back into the headlines and gave Namibia a frightening name for a possible killer: the B1 Butcher. Then a fourth woman’s remains were found more than 400 kilometres away. Police announced her identity, only to discover that the woman they had named was alive. As investigators followed reports of DNA evidence and competing leads, a difficult question remained: which of these crimes, if any, belonged to the same person?

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Resources
The Namibian, On the trail of the B1 butcher, 21 June 2007
The Namibian, B1 butcher case throws spotlight on missing women, June 2007
The Namibian, Head and legs found, 12 July 2007
The Namibian, B1 Butcher victim identified, 16 July 2007
The Namibian, Solidarity for slain Sanna, 20 July 2007
The Namibian, The B1 road a lifeline and a curse, 27 July 2007
The Namibian, A long farewell, 31 August 2007
The Namibian, Police mum on B1 Butcher case, 2007
The Namibian, Butcher victim alive, 17 October 2007
The Namibian, Body parts case to High Court, 2008
The Namibian, B1 Butcher DNA evidence in spotlight, 29 April 2008
The Namibian, Otjomuise rape case thrown out, 10 February 2010
The Namibian, Orina jailed for 40 years, 23 May 2011

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.