Stewart Wilken

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Stewart Wilken
Born
Stewart Wilken

(1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 54)
Boksburg, South Africa
Other namesBoetie Boer
Criminal penalty7 life sentences
Details
Victims10+
Span of crimes
1990–1997
CountrySouth Africa
Date apprehended
1997

Stewart Wilken (born 11 November 1966), known as The Boetie Boer, is a convicted serial killer from South Africa. Wilken is regarded as a highly unusual serial killer, having killed individuals from two distinct victim types: female prostitutes and young boys (he also killed his adolescent daughter, Wuane). Wilken killed from 1990 until he was arrested in January 1997. He was active in Port Elizabeth, on the east coast of South Africa.[1][2][3]

Wilken was charged with 10 counts of murder and 5 counts of sodomy on 3 February 1997. He was convicted of 7 counts of murder and 2 counts of sodomy on 20 February 1998. Wilken received seven life sentences and was further advised by Justice Chris Jansen that he would have received the death penalty had it still been available to him.[citation needed]

He killed his daughter, Wuane, who was born from his first marriage. He said that she was sexually abused by her step-dad so he wanted to send her soul to God. He also killed Henry Bakers, the son of his second wife. He said during an interview with the police that he had sex with Henry's decomposing corpse. He also stated that he ate the nipples of one of his victims.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Serial Murderers and their Victims. Cengage Learning. 23 June 2009. pp. 344–. ISBN 9784956008143.
  2. ^ Pistorius, Micki (2002). Strangers on the street: serial homicide in South Africa. Penguin. ISBN 9780141003566. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Story of a serial killer". North Harbour News. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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