Marlene saw her die and did not want to go through the same. Their father, Arthur, died at the age of 84 in In the two weeks before her death Marlene, although naturally petite, weighed only 38kg. She was ill and knew her time was up, according to her brother.
He visited Marlene at her home in Glenvista, Johannesburg, at Easter It was the last time he saw his sister. Marlene ended her life in October , five days before her 60th birthday. She had suffered from osteoporosis for years and had also been diagnosed with breast cancer. She could no longer take the severe pain she was in and committed suicide alone at home, and in relative obscurity. The third member of the tragic triangle, Christiaan van der Linde, died a lonely man in Your email address will not be published.
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Science Friday. This American Life. Lehnberg was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and Choegoe to 15 years. Choegoe, however, was released in June and became an evangelical preacher, while Lehnberg was paroled in December of the same year. By July , Lehnberg was becoming desperate and started talking about leaving Cape Town. Christiaan van der Linde persuaded her not to, but by September she had finally tired of the situation and decided to confront Susanna.
Lehnberg called and explained that she and Christiaan were very much in love and were seeing each other every night. She wanted to know what Susanna van der Linde intended doing, but Susanna van der Linde hung up on her.
A few weeks later, Lehnberg telephoned again. This time she made an appointment to go and see her. They met in Bellville early in October. In October Lehnberg handed in her notice at the hospital and told van der Linde that she was going to leave Cape Town. On 24 October Lehnberg collected Choegoe from his home in Retreat and drove him to Bellville in her car.
He was armed with a hammer which was to be used to kill Susanna van der Linde. Lehnberg dropped him off in the vicinity of Boston and sped away. Shortly afterward Choegoe was spotted by Susanna van der Linde. She was alarmed because she had seen him in the area on more than one occasion. She telephoned the Bellville Police Station and Choegoe was picked up by the police about two blocks from her house. At the police station he was beaten and warned not to return to the area. She was sick and tired of the situation because he would not leave his wife for her.
Two weeks or so later, a murder made headlines in the local newspapers. One Susanna van der Linde of Bellville had been murdered — pistol-whipped and stabbed to death with a pair of scissors. It all came out at the trial. Marlene had stolen the radio as a bribe for her co-accused, Marthinus Choegoe, who was supposed to kill Van der Linde. Rob had suspected Marlene was the thief because — we heard later — he had declined her request to shoot Van der Linde.
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