Maoupa Cedric Maake

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Maoupa Cedric Maake (* 1965 ) is a South African serial killer , also known as the Wemmer Pan Killer . He murdered a total of 27 people in 1996 and 1997.

crime

Maake has also been referred to as the Wemmer Pan Killer as he found most of his victims in this part of Johannesburg , starting in April 1996. Initially, the Murder and Robbery Department linked the Brixton Police Department - which is responsible for investigations into serial killings in the area Johannesburg is responsible - the acts were not and, based on the different patterns, suspected two different serial killers. During the investigation, two different profiles were created, one for the "Wemmer Pan" killer and one for the "Hammer" killer.

There were different groups of victims in the Wemmer Pan murders. The first victims were men and women who ran around alone and were beaten to death by Maake with stones. The second group consisted of couples in cars that were attacked by Maake. He shot the men and raped the women.

The second profile related to murdered vendors in the city center who were killed in their shops with a hammer. Police linked the two cases after Maake signed a layaway in one of the stores . An item for sale is put back and paid for in installments; the item is only handed over after the payment has been completed. This signature led to Maake, who was already suspected in the "Wemmer Pan" murders.

arrest

Maake was arrested in December 1997 as a suspect in the "Wemmer Pan" cases, which he immediately admitted. He cooperated with the police and explained his procedure. The data obtained from this was later used with the geographic information system (GIS) and crime maps to display diagrams of the geographic spread of the serial killings. The trial of the "Wemmer Pan" killer was one of the first uses of GIS in a trial by the South African police. With the help of geographic profiling methods, it was later found that the majority of the murders were centered around Maake's two places of residence, his place of work and the places of residence of his brother and girlfriend.

Maake has been charged with 36 murders, 28 attempted murders, 15 rapes, 46 cases of robbery, and various offenses relating to the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. In court, Maake pleaded not guilty in all cases. A month after his arrest, he also confessed to the "hammer" murders.

On September 6, 2000, Maake was convicted of 27 murders, 26 attempted murders, 14 rapes, 41 robberies and numerous other less serious offenses. Overall, he was found guilty on 114 of 134 charges. He was sentenced to 27 life imprisonment and an additional 1159 years and 3 months in prison. His total sentence is 1,340 years in prison.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PMU Schmitz, AK Cooper, P Byleveld, D Rossmo: Using GIS and Digital Aerial Photography to Assist in the Conviction of a Serial Killer , Crime Mapping Research, 4th Annual International Conference, San Diego ( Online (pdf) )
  2. ↑ a b c d Erica Holtzhausen: World Records for How Quick They Nab Serial Killers , South African Police Service Journal from October 2006, pp. 20–22 ( Online (pdf) ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ))
  3. ↑ Chetty Shaun: Going the Extra Mile In spite of ... , South African Police Service Journal, May-June 2005 ( Online ( Memento from March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ))
  4. ↑ a b c BBC : title = Serial killer jailed for 1,340 years Serial killer jailed for 1,340 years from March 16, 2000, accessed March 30, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Maake, Maoupa Cedric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wemmer Pan Serial Killer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African serial killer
DATE OF BIRTH 1965