[citation needed] Majola, a married man with two children, had previous convictions for housebreaking, assault and theft before the murders.
Initially considered to be drug-related,[1] the victims were apparently robbed of all cash, jewelry, bank cards, clothes and cell phones,[2] before stones or bricks were tied to their feet and subsequently, they were drowned.
[5] They always attacked people in the early evenings or late at night at party or picnic spots, while the victims were in their cars.
[2][3] Despite these events terrifying the locals, causing shops to close down and business losing much revenue,[2] a majority of the incidents were never reported to the authorities, as some of the couples attacked were either gay or reluctant to come forward.
While in a separate car with Nkosi, he noticed the muscular man, who not so long ago was very cocky and considered his arrest as a joke, suddenly had begun to tremble.