URacquel Chantel Smith, obhekene necala lokuthumba nokushushumbisa abantu, uvele enkantolo eboshwe amaqakala namaketanga emilenzeni. Indodakazi yakhe eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala, uJoshlin, yaduka ngoFebhuwari wonyaka odlule. UDetective Constable Refilwe Sekhobe uveze ukuthi waphenya umjondolo kaSmith eSaldanha Bay, lapho uSmith ehlala khona nesoka lakhe, uJacquin Appollis, nezingane zabo ezintathu. USekhobe uthole ukuthi owesifazane ogama lakhe linguLourentia Lombaard, owayebhema iMandrax, wayekhona ngesikhathi uJoshlin enyamalala. ULombaard, obengumsolwa, wabuye wasulwa.
USteveno van Rhyn, omunye asolwa naye, uphakamise ukuthi uLombaard kungenzeka ukuthi wadayisa uJoshlin enyangeni. Amaphoyisa avakashele izangoma zendawo kodwa abutholanga ubufakazi. UVan Rhyn, ochazwe njengomuntu ongazinzile emoyeni, wenze isitatimende esiteshini samaphoyisa. USmith, obebonakala ezolile ngesikhathi kuqhubeka uphenyo, kubikwa ukuthi uphatheke kabi ngokuduka kwendodakazi yakhe. Ummeli wakhe wachaza ukuthi ukuzola kwakhe kwakungenxa yeseluleko somndeni wakhe sokusiza amaphoyisa ngempumelelo. USmith wayephuza nama-antidepressants.
Bobathathu abasolwa—uSmith, u-Appollis noVan Rhyn—bawaphikile amacala. Icala liyaqhubeka.