Catch Me a Killer

The infamous Micki Pistorius.

Oh .

How's it feel being back in Cape Town?

Took a bit of getting used to.

Why? Has it changed that much?

No, I suppose it's more about me

than the surroundings.

You want me to tell you about the girls, don't you?

What I did to them?

We need to put more pressure on him.

No, no. I'm tired of games.

He's not gonna admit it. We've been forced to release him.

But there are women dying out there, Rikus.

There's nothing else we can do.

Are you giving up?

Hey, don't let him get to you.

Till you find something concrete,

why tear yourself inside out?

'Cause he's walking free,

and I know what he's capable of.

It's not your fault.

It is my fault . There's just so many dead women.

I have to go deeper.

Shane has been missing for two days.

He's 12 and he lives here in Algoa Park.

This is Shane.

Can you hand out please? Thank you.

Shane's mother thought he might have been staying

with his grandmother, but if he had planned

to go there, he never made it.

Thank you again, all of you for joining the search.

Let's try and bring this little boy home.

If you start out that way, and you guys fan out that way,

and I'll go here.

Do you have a dog?

Have you found anything back there?

Not yet.

Thank you for agreeing to the interview.

Our readers are going to love it.

You know, I would've been happy to meet you at your motel.

You said.

You don't like to give anything away, do you?

You wear a fringe that covers your eyes,

and whenever you look in your bag, you make sure I

can't see what's inside.

Are you playing psychologist now?

Not me. But what made you want to become one?

A psychologist that is.

Um, well, I was a journalist first.

Then later I went on to study psychology.

I was interested in the works of Freud, Jung.

They say psychoanalysis is a study of the Id by the odd.

Hmm.

And what made you want to study serial killers?

It's a strange choice of specialism.

Well, I was drawn to the work of Robert Ressler.

Ressler.

His book, "Whoever Fights Monsters," was a huge influence.

"Whoever Fights Monsters." Ah, that's really great.

The point is, they're not monsters.

Ah, but the cannibal killer, how many victims?

Nine, ten?

Defenceless woman, young boys, his own daughter.

They're human beings.

Okay.

They're tortured souls.

You can't think of them as monsters

if you want to catch them.

They're more dangerous than that.

Reservation for one, yeah?

Dr. Micki Pistorius.

Perfect, okay. This is yours.

Enjoy your stay. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

So are you gonna be able

to interview Stewart Wilken before the trial?

Yeah, Robert Ressler built his career

on interviews like this in the States.

Eh?

Stewart Wilken is one of a kind.

Boetie Boer, the cannibal killer. He's terrifying.

Who's your chaperone going to be?

Martin Caywood.

Is he any good?

Might give you a run for your money.

Okay, so the Nasrec murders in Jo'burg.

Let's go through what we have so far.

Next up on our tour of Boetie Boers murder scenes.

This is where he killed Shane Miller?

His last victim.

Six children. All boys except his daughter Sonya.

Four adult women, all prostitutes.

It's partly why no one picked up on him for so long.

Different types of victims. No clear links.

That's what makes him so fascinating.

His different sets of victims and approaches to them.

The prostitutes he brags about, displays their bodies,

the children he hides.

Mr. Wilken confessed. He brought me here.

How long did it take to get the confession?

Not long. I kind of set him up.

How do you mean?

I put a picture of my kid facing him.

The cutest one I could find.

She's looking straight in the camera,

and she's about two or three, is as good as gold.

I had this hunch that it would get to him, and it did.

Couldn't stop staring at it.

I think he felt like he was being judged.

Clever.

This is where it happened.

Boetie had been on his way to visit Jane's family

when he bumped into the boy on the road back there.

He joined the search.

The sergeant heading up the case heard

that Boetie was the last person to be seen

with another boy who'd gone missing, so she joined the dots.

Boetie Boer, little brother. Why is he called that?

That's what he calls himself

ever since he's been a kid, he didn't tell me why.

Reminding himself he's someone's son,

someone's brother maybe?

That's what I was thinking, but I'm not the psychologist.

No, but you understand him, don't you?

What are you saying?

Well, when you talk about him, there's warmth

in your voice, affection even.

I wouldn't go that far.

But you'll see when you meet him, it's hard to hate him.

He's like a big kid who's done bad things.

He's unlike anyone I've ever met.

Hate the sin, not the sinner?

Something like that.

You okay?

And places hold onto the memory,

of things that happened within them.

It changes the energy.

It's bad here.

He came back visiting the body

after he'd killed him, numerous times.

He's in your head, isn't he?

Yeah, yeah he is.

Agreed to take us to Shane's body, after he confessed.

Wilken's confession statement. Okay.

His childhood. Why does he call himself Boetie Boer?

What does that name reveal about him?

The types of victim. Can he explain his victim choice?

Are they opportunistic or driven by different impulses?

Hey.

How are you?

All right.

I'm sorry. I've got some bad news.

No, what?

Stewart doesn't want to talk to you.

Oh, why?

He read the interview.

Thinks you're a bitch who's out to get him.

Oh, he's twisted everything.

They tend to do that.

No, but I didn't say that. Fucking hell.

That's why I don't even give them the time of day,

'cause they'll always do this.

Ah.

That's his wife.

All rise.

Be seated.

You may bring in the accused.

Mr. Wilken, you may stand.

The accused stands trial on nine counts of murder,

and four counts of rape.

Mr. Wilken, how do you plead to these charges?

Not guilty.

Mr. Wilken, you may be seated.

It should be noted that these crimes are unusual

in their sadism,

and that the evidence is of a highly distressing nature.

It's not going to be an easy process for anyone to witness.

The court will break for a short recess,

and then we will hear from our first witness.

Mr. Miller, I appreciate your taking the time