Son, daughter charged in Lanxess murder case

ERJ staff report (DS)

Durban, South Africa -- Further to our report earlier this week that the head of Lanxess' operations in South Africa and his wife had been found murdered, Local newspapers are reporting that the couple's son and daughter have been arrested and charged with the double murder.

iafrica news site said, "The accused 20-year-old Hardus Johannes Lotter, his sister Nicolette Lotter (26), and a Phoenix resident Matthew Moodley (21), appeared briefly at the packed court on Wednesday for the murders of Johan Lotter (53), and his wife, Magdalene."

Mr Lotter was strangled while his wife was stabbed.

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