On 5 August 1949 Morris abducted and killed 15-year-old Thelma Taylor in Portland. The site of the murder under St. John's Bridge is supposedly haunted by Taylor. (9 January 1953)
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Tuesday 15th of November 1988 (x) — Eight people are killed and 16 injured in a racially motivated shooting spree by Spree killer Barend Strydom Strydom was sentenced to death but the South African government declared a moratorium on capital punishment in 1990. He was released in 1992. The square has since been renamed Lilian Ngoyi Square.