His modus operandi typically consisted of undressing his victims, excessively stabbing them to the point of death, and taking their shoes.

In 2013, he was arrested for a rape he committed the previous year, and was subsequently connected to the murders through DNA.

[3] In July 2005, Vilakazi allegedly murdered Moses Cibi, a black man, by stabbing him 17 times in the left side of the chest.

Although the man died on the grass next to the railway, Vilakazi dragged his body onto the train tracks and stole his shoes before fleeing the scene.

The victim, an unknown man, died from 54 stab wounds to the chest, back, and arm.

[6] On 11 August 2005, Vilakazi stabbed Michael Mokaba, another black man, 24 times in the neck and top-left chest, killing him.

However, due to the victim's gender, investigators are unsure if her murder is linked to Vilakazi, or if it was just coincidental.

[4] At 1:00 p.m. on 11 November 2005, Vilakazi fatally stabbed 11-year-old Raipela Aaron Masango in the torso and neck with a knife.

Once they reached a secluded area, Vilakazi threatened the man with a knife and forced him to walk under a bridge, where he robbed him of his phone and money.

However, the occult unit of the police department later interviewed him and concluded that the murders were not satanically motivated.

He entered a guilty plea, stating, "there are two kinds of people on Earth; those bearing the mark of the lamb, and those with the beast's sign.