[1][2] In the late 1990s, several women were raped and then strangled with their own panties in Pietermaritzburg, with their bodies later being found near the N3 Highway.
[2] Aside from them, bodies bearing the same signature were reportedly discovered from places as far as Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth.
[1][2] On 30 January 2008, a 32-year-old man was arrested in Mpophomeni for allegedly murdering a 30-year-old woman near Howick, in a small settlement called Curry's Post.
Her body was found by a passer-by in a forest, partially naked, with a belt tying her legs and hands and open wounds to her head.
[3] When questioned about the case, Superintendent Budhram said he did not believe this death was linked to the victims of the Sleepy Hollow Killer.