Nearly two months later and the Franziska Blöchliger saga continues. As accused Jerome Moses and Daniel Easter applied for bail at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court yesterday, post-mortem reports were read out to the packed room.

Franziska was “suffocated to death as her killer pressed her face against the ground and strangled her.” The 16-year-old girl had sand in her throat at the time of her death, with “ligature marks around her neck and features, indicating she had been throttled,” iol reported.

The other two accused, Jonathan Jonas and Howard Oliver, have abandoned bail. Oliver was positively linked to the murder, rape and robbery of Blöchliger while she was jogging in Tokai forest on March 7.

Post-mortem results also showed that Franziska had been anally and vaginally raped while her wrists were bound. Semen was found at the scene as the accused had not worn condoms while raping her.

She had also experienced blunt force trauma and there was congestion of her internal organs.

According to state attorney Renee Prinsloo-Uys, the extent of the injuries suggests she was attacked by more than one person.

[source: iol]