Monsters Behind the White Picket Fence

Imagine a predator who doesn't hunt in the shadows, but lives right next door,

hiding behind a white picket fence. In the late 1980s, South Africa was paralyzed by fear.

Six young girls vanished without a trace in broad daylight. The police were

chasing ghosts, looking for a lone madman. But the monster had help.

Gert van Rooyen used his partner, Joey Haarhoff, as bait. She was the friendly,

maternal face that convinced the girls to get into the car. After all,

who would suspect a middle-aged couple just running errands? But the house they drove back to was

a fortress. The break in the case didn't come from police work. It came from bravery.