Gottschalk Roelof Henry

Age 34. Roelof Henry Gottschalk and Diederik Johannes "Daantjie" van den Berg were targeted by a hijacking and robbery syndicate operating in the Rustenburg area over that specific weekend in late July 2004. The gang intercepted them, took control of their vehicles, and forced them to a secluded spot in the Kroondal district just outside Rustenburg.Diederik Johannes van den Berg died from a single gunshot wound to the head. Roelof Henry Gottschalk was found approximately 300 meters away and died from strangulation with a wire.Following a major investigation into the overlapping disappearances of four men in the area that week, the South African Police Service disrupted a local syndicate linked to these specific vehicle crimes and executions.