tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496069017254326809.post1922279366481241178..comments2024-03-17T13:20:17.160-07:00Comments on Unknown Gender History: Charmaine Phillips, Serial Killer – South Africa, 1983St. Estephehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11524785594106747591noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496069017254326809.post-42581782186169723872022-12-17T18:29:41.001-08:002022-12-17T18:29:41.001-08:00I taught Charmaine when she and her sister had bee...I taught Charmaine when she and her sister had been placed in Excelsior Place of Safety, Bamboo Lane, Pinetown, KZN, SA. It was obvious that she was very disturbed. I heard that her father used to plant umbrellas hoping they would grow. It seems he had severe mental issues. I knew nothing about her mother having been murdered. But then, social welfare workers were sometimes cagey about disclosing matters even to the teachers.LMRW8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17386230526485238098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496069017254326809.post-47379047724439944422021-02-11T16:08:27.795-08:002021-02-11T16:08:27.795-08:00Charmaine and i were good friends when she was in ...Charmaine and i were good friends when she was in Port Elizabeth for a while. She was the sweetest person and a good friend. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740987730948281884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496069017254326809.post-36707275794141058242020-10-12T21:33:44.122-07:002020-10-12T21:33:44.122-07:00GenieD I don't know where you have got your in...GenieD I don't know where you have got your information from but I was in the home with both Charmaine and her sister. Their mother was killed while they were both in the home. That I know for a fact because I was friends with her sister and Charmaine would join in our talks that we had. There was nothing wrong with Charmaine until her mother got killed and it was by the boyfriend not the father. Once she left the home that is when she took the wrong path. Of all the girls in the home Charmaine is the only one who turned out this way us others got good jobs and careers and married etc. So your information is a lot out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156294799646539804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496069017254326809.post-28900126310012159402020-09-04T09:23:30.579-07:002020-09-04T09:23:30.579-07:00In 1979, Charmaine and I spent time on Durban Beac...In 1979, Charmaine and I spent time on Durban Beachfront and her home in La Lucia, My family and I had just arrived from Rhodesia and were living in a temporary residence on the beachfront. I met her and her boyfriend but didn't think too much of it at the time. After the initial meeting I did not see much of her boyfriend. During 1980 she told me her boyfriend had made her pregnant and she aborted the baby. I was shocked at her callousness. I had rose tinted glasses on which came off quickly when I started noticing the little things. At her home in La Lucia she moved out the house and into a caravan on the property. Her dad was a little odd at times and then one afternoon I was with my gran in Umhlanga when I heard that her dad killed her mother. Charmaine told me her parents were drunk and had got into a major fight over a supposed boyfriend of her mothers. Charmaine said she was lucky she was in the caravan or she might have been killed too. My dad was worried about my relationship with Charmaine and her family and told me to be careful. Then Charmaine suddenly got married to some guy working on an international ship. She said she needed to get away from South Africa and marrying this guy was her way out. But that didn't happen. She was angry. I had never seen her get that angry before. She then got a job working with my gran on the Esplanade. My gran had a beautiful curio shop next to the yacht club. Unfortunately she only lasted a week - my gran caught her stealing money from the till. I was angry she would steal from my Gran. This was in November 1980. I then told her we couldn't be friends anymore. I then heard from mutual friends that she was working in Pietermaritzburg. I was in America in 1984 when I heard that Charmaine and her latest boyfriend had been sentenced for murder. :( GenieDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09540537897254575754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496069017254326809.post-5442684714208294242020-08-23T10:13:59.169-07:002020-08-23T10:13:59.169-07:00Thanks. That's valuable. I'll edit the art...Thanks. That's valuable. I'll edit the article to include this if you can provide the place and date. If you have anything else to say about her that could be useful, I'll be glad to include it.St. Estephehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11524785594106747591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496069017254326809.post-77690489620757521882020-08-20T08:43:31.688-07:002020-08-20T08:43:31.688-07:00You have your facts wrong. Charmaine's father ...You have your facts wrong. Charmaine's father may have killed her mother, but when I grew up with her in Durban - I spent many happy hours at her home with her family. She did not suffer abuse or have any kind of bad childhood. If she says she did - she is a liar as well as a murderer!GenieDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09540537897254575754noreply@blogger.com