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Episode 110 The Murders of Marna Engelbrecht & Sharnelle Hough

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On the morning of the 26th of May 2018, the small Northwest town of Stella was ripped apart when the bodies of schoolgirls Marna Engelbrecht and Sharnelle Hough were discovered in their school hostel. What at first appeared to be a suicide would soon be shown to be a ruthless and cold double murder (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447)
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28 Mar 2023 English Explicit South Africa True Crime · News

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