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title: The Monster of Malherbe Street
description: "The horrifying true story of Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhoff, South Africa's first confirmed serial killer couple, and the six missing girls whose fates remain unknown three decades later."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-monster-of-malherbe-street.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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The horrifying true story of Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhoff, South Africa's first confirmed serial killer couple, and the six missing girls whose fates remain unknown three decades later.
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