Thursday, June 15, 2006

Magazine editor killed in Johannesburg

By Megan Hartogh

Routes editor of Drive Out magazine, Megan Herselman, was found in a rental car on the N1 South Highway in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning. According to police spokesperson, Sefako Xaba, Herselman had been found in her vehicle that had rolled downhill. Xaba says that Herselman sustained four bullet wounds to her lower abdomen. It is reported that the deceased was apparently confronted by an unknown gunmen, while traveling to an undisclosed a hotel in Sandton. Herselman was in Johannesburg to attend an Outdoor Adventure Expo on the day that her body was found. The motive for the incident is still unknown, and police are appealing to the public who may have any information surrounding Herselman’s murder to call the Crime Stop Call-Share number of 08600 10 111.

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