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Raymond Papapavlou and his wife, Simoné (that’s them above), appeared to be a happy couple.

But behind the closed doors of their modest farmhouse outside Groblersdal in Limpopo, all was not as it seemed.

Raymond was murdered in his bed on the evening of October 5, 2020. He shot with five bullets that punctured his head, back, and right thigh.

Simoné said that at the time she was sleeping in the TV room near the master bedroom and only awoke when their bull terrier reacted to a shadow seconds before the shots were fired.

That is when Simoné claims to have fired seven “warning shots” into the TV room door, which made the alleged intruder flee.

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It initially seemed to be a senseless farm murder, but as YOU reported at the time, the skeletons soon came tumbling out of the closet.

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Digging soon revealed an alleged murder plotted by the ‘widow’ and her alleged lover.

Less than a month after Raymond’s death, police charged Patricia Ray-Lee Smith (23), a close friend of Simoné’s, with murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Two days later, Simoné’s name was added to the charge sheet. Then it was revealed that Simoné and Patricia [below] were lovers and had allegedly been in a relationship for years.

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TimesLIVE Premium has now brought another family member into the fold, Simoné’s criminal father, Shane Richard Dean Olivier.

He is currently serving time in Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria for killing his brother in 2002 with a brick and hammer.

It’s alleged that Simoné and Smith sought out Olivier’s experience, asking him to help them organise a hit man:

[sources:timeslive&you]