breast cancer. She could no longer take the severe pain she was in and committed suicide alone at home, and in relative obscurity. Choegoe died in a car accident in 1992 on the N7 near Nuwerus in the Western Cape. The third member of the tragic triangle, Christiaan van der Linde, died a lonely man in 1983. After the trial, he moved to Krugersdorp so that he could visit his wife's grave on her family's farm in the Magaliesberg mountains every day. He expressed remorse of ever having met Marlene Lehnberg. Aftermath After the trial a law known as the "Marlene Lehnberg Clause" was passed in South Africa, preventing convicted criminals from profiting from their crimes, since it was believed that Lehnberg planned to sell her story to the press for a large sum of money. Notes References Further reading Bennett, Benjamin. Was Justice Done?: the scissors murder. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1975. External links Crimes & Mysteries of South Africa 1955 births South African female murderers South African people convicted of murder People convicted of murder by South Africa Prisoners sentenced to death by South Africa South African prisoners sentenced to death Suicides in South Africa 2015 deaths