Bulelani Mabhayi

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Bulelani Mabhayi
Born1974 (age 4849)
Other names"The Monster of Tholeni"
Conviction(s) Murder
Criminal penalty25 years to life imprisonment
Details
Victims20
Span of crimes
2007–2012
Country South Africa
State(s) Eastern Cape

Bulelani Mabhayi (born 1974), known as The Monster of Tholeni, is a South African serial killer and rapist who has been sentenced for the murder of 20 people.

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Murders and sentence

From May 2007 to August 11, 2012, Mabhayi killed 10 women and 9 children [1] in the village of Tholeni in the Eastern Cape. [2] A woman from another town was also murdered. [3] He broke into houses at night, where there were no men. He would then rape some of his victims and then kill them with an axe or panga.

His youngest victim was 14 months old and his eldest was 79 years old. [4]

On May 17, 2010, Mabhayi and other local men over 16 years were tested and their fingerprints were taken. Mabhayi's fingerprints could not be taken because he had no identification with him. He was eventually caught when he left a shoe at a crime scene. The saliva sample taken in 2010 was crucial for identification. [5]

Mabhayi was found guilty of 20 counts of murder, 6 of rape and 10 of burglary. [6] He was sentenced on September 3, 2013, from 25 years to life imprisonment.

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