2007-09-26Staff Report 2 "By Charles Tjatindi WINDHOEK More body parts believed to be those of Jacoba Wilma Olivier were found yesterday. Although the police still have to confirm the latest discovery, a reliable source confirmed to New Era that the body parts are thought to belong to the late Olivier whose dismembered head was found wrapped in a plastic bag in Grootfontein. By late yesterday afternoon, police were still compiling a report regarding the latest finding. The family will, this afternoon, inspect the body parts that were found recently as well as the legs that were discovered a few days ago, in a bid to establish if they belong to Jacoba. The legs, which were wrapped in blankets and placed in a black refuse bag, were discovered by two students from the Coblenz High School near the turn-off to Tsumeb, along the Grootfontein-Otavi Road. A relative of the late Jacoba, Paulina Kimm, said they are waiting for the mother to return from the Hardap Region, where she accompanied the police tracing clues relating to the life of the deceased. Martha Oliver, the mother, accompanied the police in tracing a Herero man, believed to have lived with the late Jacoba some time back on a plot near Hardap Dam. Although he is not a suspect at this stage, the police believe that he could provide valuable information to establish the whereabouts of Jacoba before she met her horrific death. Kimm, an aunt to Jacoba, told New Era that her family last saw Jacoba three years ago. ""The last time I saw her was on 25 September 2004. We met here in Windhoek. She was her normal self - laughing and talking a lot,"" said Kimm. Kimm recognised a picture distributed by the police in a local daily newspaper as that of Jacoba. ""I couldn't believe it at first. I threw down the paper. After composing myself, I took a closer look at the photo and realised that it was really Wilma,"" she related, describing how she learnt of her niece's death. Kimm spoke of Jacoba as having been raised well as a child, but like any other young girl in that area, changed her ways and ventured into night life and drinking. Jacoba attended school in the Hardap Region, but would go to her mother at Mariental during school holidays. Her mother works at a school at Kries in the South. In 1997, Jacoba gave birth to Ricardo Olivier, now 10 years old. She apparently left the baby with her mother, and would only visit them occasionally. For the last three years though, Jacoba's mother has not seen or heard from her daughter. Kimm reckons Jacoba returned to Mariental and possibly ended up in Kalkrand where she could have taken up the sex trade. ""You know, the children of today would do anything. I think that is how she earned a living,"" said Kimm. Kimm noted that the news of Jacoba's death came as a huge shock to her, and she was still struggling to come to terms with the death of Juanita Mabula, who was also killed in a similar fashion. She noted that she knew Mabula as a child, and had watched her grow. ""Juanita and my daughter were friends those days... Juanita would come to my house and play with my daughter,"" she remarked. Jacoba's mother is expected to return to the South to be with Jacoba's child by the end of the week. " 2007-09-26Staff Report 2
