Farmer, wife and daughter killed

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Published Apr 7, 2012

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A Northern Cape farmer, his wife and daughter were killed on a farm near Griekwastad, police said on Saturday.

Police were investigating a triple murder after the bodies of Deon Steenkamp, his wife Christelle and 14-year-old daughter Marthella were found in the house, Colonel Hendrik Swart said.

The incident happened on the farm Naauwhoek near Griekwastad at around 6pm on Friday.

Swart said the bodies were discovered by the 17-year-old son Don, who was out of the house for awhile.

The farmer and his family were shot and the investigation was continuing. - Sapa

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