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Gran ’blames herself’ for 1-year-old Orderick’s murder Share Cape Town - Murdered toddler Orderick Lucas’ grandmother has told a social worker she “blames herself”, after she went against a court order by placing her grandchildren back in the care of their “irresponsible” mother. This emerged in the Western Cape High Court on Monday in the murder trial against Melvin Volkwyn, when social worker Mariel Bester, from Child Welfare Stellenbosch, took the stand, furthering the defence’s case. It was Bester’s version that while making a call to Orde...

Orderick's maggot-infested body was discovered in a storm drain by children playing on April 1. According to local reports, his teeth were ripped out by pliers and his body was very badly decomposed. Authorities suspected foul play since Orderick's arm was broken a few months before his death.  Police tape hangs across the street in front of the house that Dennis Rader lives in February 26, 2005 in Park City, Kansas. Rader is the suspect whom police have arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with the 10 deaths now tied to the serial killer known as BTK. (Getty Images) Ac...

The day little Orderick Lucas was reported missing, murder accused Melvin Volkwyn refused to pass the drain where the toddler's body would later be found, his legal guardian testified in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.

Pathologist Dr Daphne Anthony testified that Orderick Lucas’ body was severely decomposed. The only injuries noted were discolouration on the back and side of his neck, suggestive of bruising, and an injury to the front of his head. Anthony concluded that his cause of death was undetermined. Little Orderick Lucas’ body was so badly decomposed that his cause of death could not be determined, the pathologist who conducted the autopsy on his remains testified in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. His body was found in a drain near his grandmother and legal guardian Cornelia Scheepers’ ...

Orderick Lucas had been happy as he watched cartoons and ate slap chips the night he went missing, the Western Cape High Court heard on Thursday.