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The Inge Lotz Story: A Miscarriage of Justice

On 16 March 2005, the bloodied body of a twenty-two-year-old woman was discovered in her Stellenbosch apartment. She had been brutally bludgeoned and stabbed to death. Her name was Inge Lotz.

Inge was an only child, doted on by her parents – she was exceptionally talented, both musically and mathematically. She excelled academically in her actuarial science classes at the University of Stellenbosch, and it was there that she first met her boyfriend Fred van der Vyver.

Fred cut a handsome figure, he was tall, intelligent, and quietly confident, and the pair made a striking couple. They had been dating for less than a year, but their future seemed clear – Inge had already prepared her parents for their imminent engagement.

The seemingly fairytale-like courtship came to a devastating end on a hot and humid Wednesday, which marked the cruel end of Inge's life. It would also mark the start of a fight that would last for more than a decade, as police focused on Fred as their only suspect.

In this gripping podcast series, Catherine Rice and Matthew Brown meet an FBI expert, a painting forgery sleuth, and uncover a shocking confession, never revealed in court.
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6 Episodes

Episode 6 - Fred

In the sixth and final episode of The Inge Lotz Story: A Miscarriage of Justice, News24 searches for the man who confessed to his involvement in the Inge Lotz murder, and we question why, as some believe, police framed Fred van der Vyver. He was acquitted of the murder in…
23 Mar 2023 34 min

Episode 5 - The confession

In the fifth episode of The Inge Lotz Story: A Miscarriage of Justice, we investigate who Werner Carolus was and why his claims of involvement in the murder were ultimately rejected. He not only confessed to Inge's murder but also implicated five other people. He had a lengthy criminal record,…
23 Mar 2023 17 min

Episode 4 - The blood mark

In the fourth episode of The Inge Lotz Story: A Miscarriage of Justice, producers Matthew Brown and Catherine Rice analyse a key piece of forensic evidence against Fred van der Vyver, using international experts to dissect the details. Police believed a blood mark on Inge's bathroom floor was made by…
23 Mar 2023 20 min

Episode 3 - The fingerprint

In the third episode of The Inge Lotz Story: A Miscarriage of Justice, producers Matthew Brown and Catherine Rice unravel the timeline of events that followed the murder of 22-year-old Inge Lotz, the arrest of her boyfriend Fred van der Vyver and his family's fight for his freedom. Fred was…
23 Mar 2023 24 min

Episode 2 - The defence

In the second episode of The Inge Lotz Story: A Miscarriage of Justice, producers Matthew Brown and Catherine Rice take a journey through Stellenbosch, the picturesque university town that was shocked by the murder of 22-year-old Inge Lotz in March 2005. Inge had a disagreement with her boyfriend, Fred van…
23 Mar 2023 17 min

Episode 1 - The evidence

In the first episode of The Inge Lotz Story: A Miscarriage of Justice, producers Matthew Brown and Catherine Rice delve into the murder of 22-year-old Stellenbosch University student Inge Lotz, who was brutally murdered in her apartment 16 years ago. Police immediately zoned in on her boyfriend, Fred van der…
12 Sep 2021 18 min