IMPORTANT UPDATE: This episode was recorded on Monday 14 September 2026. This is a rapidly developing investigation and significant new information has emerged since recording.
Since then, another woman's body has been discovered in Kwa-Thema, Springs. Police have not established that this death is connected to the Kempton Park cases.
Police have also released further information about the victims and confirmed that a woman allegedly kidnapped in Rhodesfield survived and returned alive. No connection between her case and the murders has been established.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed law enforcement to prioritise the investigation and SAPS has intensified its operation.
This episode therefore reflects what was publicly known at the time of recording. We hope Profiler provides context and expert analysis to accompany the breaking news from your preferred news sources.
Multiple women. Roughly two months. Four bodies recovered around Kempton Park/Rhodesfield — and a fifth in Olifantsfontein.
Are these separate murders, or could some be the work of the same offender?
Paul Llewellyn is joined by former head of SAPS Investigative Psychology Dr Gérard Labuschagne to examine the developing investigation.
Gérard explains:
• How investigators link separate murders
• Why geography and victimology matter
• Why discovery date ≠ murder date
• Why differences can matter as much as similarities
• Why related rape, robbery and attempted offences may be crucial
• Why a surviving victim could provide a breakthrough
• What a “body recovery zone” means
• How geographic profiling works
• What a killer's “signature” means
• How a serial-murder task team should operate
• When murders meet the definition of serial murder
Based only on publicly available information at the time of recording, Gérard estimates a:
70–75% CHANCE THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THE BODIES WILL ULTIMATELY BE LINKED TO THE SAME SUSPECT.
This does NOT mean a 70–75% chance that all five were murdered by one serial killer.
At publication, SAPS has not confirmed one offender is responsible for all the deaths.
Profiler will continue following the investigation.
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00:00 Five bodies: what is happening?
03:11 What do we know?
05:53 Why SAPS may not say “serial killer”
07:22 Investigative Psychology & task team
08:38 Gérard questions task-team command
12:50 The cases
13:08 Discovery date ≠ murder date
17:23 Multiple killers?
18:51 Why Kempton Park matters
19:53 Why the story exploded
21:57 Geography & R21 cluster
22:41 Geographic profiling
25:18 “Body recovery zone”
26:05 What could link the victims?
28:32 Safety
30:00 Why differences matter
30:37 Surviving victims?
31:26 Linking murders
32:26 Killer “signatures”
34:33 Cooling-off period
35:50 Naming serial killers
36:41 When does it become serial?
37:42 SAPS task team
38:43 Serial-murder policy
40:01 Are they connected?
40:32 Gérard's 70–75% assessment
41:22 How quickly could police solve it?
42:52 Communicating with an offender
44:14 SAPS safety advice
45:58 Gérard's final thoughts
46:38 What happens next?
47:06 Profiler will follow the case
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