Mariella Furrer Photography

Feature Stories: Child Sexual Abuse

Funeral of 10yr old Tina Bernades who was the last victim in a series of sexually motivated crimes. Although there were no signs of rape, it is suspected that there may have been some form of sexual abuse as that was the Modus Operandi of the serial perpetrator. This series of rapes and murders of children became known as the mine dump killings. Johannesburg, December 2003
Funeral of 10yr old Tina Bernades who was the last victim in a series of sexually motivated crimes. Although there were no signs of rape, it is suspected that there may have been some form of sexual abuse as that was the Modus Operandi of the serial perpetrator. This series of rapes and murders of children became known as the mine dump killings. Johannesburg, December 2003