On December 18, 1994 around 1:00am, 27 year old Alison Botha was returning to her home after spending an entire day out with friends. She pulled into a parking spot and turned off her lights and engine, happy to be home…when suddenly, somebody opened her driver side door and pressed a knife to her throat. “Move over or I’ll kill you”, the figure said – and so would begin a story of unimaginable horror. This is truly one of the most grotesque cases I’ve heard of, so tread lightly.

Trigger Warnings: Rape, sexual assault

Resources

• https://medium.com/cogent-hex/woman-survives-brutal-attack-and-rape-dc56f751e418

• https://www.mamamia.com.au/alison-botha/

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/alison-botha#:~:text=On%20December%2018%2C%201994%2C%20Alison,in%20Port%20Elizabeth%2C%20South%20Africa.

• Book: Gruesome – The Crimes and Criminals That Shook South Africa

• Book: I Have Life – Alison’s Journey

• https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/pair-sentenced-in-1995-for-rape-of-alison-botha-granted-parole-20230704 

• https://medium.com/@mmgbdcom/raped-disemboweled-nearly-decapitated-the-remarkable-survival-story-of-alison-botha-c1a2c8eaaabd 

• https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/how-alison-botha-survived-disembowelment

• https://thenetline.com/alison-botha-story/

• https://www.pereestupinya.com/pdf/sexual_arousal_during_forced_sex.pdf

• https://vocal.media/criminal/the-amazing-survival-of-alison-botha-case-of-frans-du-toit-and-theuns-kruger

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa

• https://www.crisiscenterbham.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CC-vol5.-Overview.pdf

• https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/mail-guardian/20230714/281530820492078 

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