No foul play suspected in death of Willem Kruger

Spokesperson Barry Bateman says the unit met with the Kruger family in Pretoria this week to reveal its analysis of the available evidence and affidavits. 

He says after a careful study of the circumstances surrounding the death of Kruger, the available evidence does not support allegations of foul play.

The death of Kruger made national headlines when he disappeared in November 2022 after attending a bachelor party at a lodge in Mpumalanga.

Nine days later his body was found inside his bakkie in the Vaal River.

Bateman says in February, Willem's father Tian approached the unit for help to investigate the circumstances surrounding his son's death.

He says the family, had to endure more than five months of anguish and secondary trauma which has been fuelled by wild speculation about the cause of Willem's death.

Bateman says the unit's leader, Advocate Gerrie Nel, set out in detail the various findings, which included analysis of the data from the sports watch Willem was wearing; the GPS data from his vehicle tracker; cell phone tower data; post-mortem findings; and affidavits from several people in the area on the night.

The family has now instructed the unit to focus on the private investigators that allegedly abused the family's trauma and desperation to enrich themselves.

Bateman says there are a few outstanding aspects of procedural nature that need to be included in the docket, as well as loose ends that will finalise the matter, and ready to be submitted to the National Prosecuting Authority.

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