Hillary Gardee Biography – Age, Career, Children, Cause Of Death, Funeral and Net Worth
Hillary Gardee was the daughter of South African politician and attorney Godrich Gardee.
Age
Hillary Gardee was Godrich Gardee’s firstborn daughter, born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1994
Children
Gardee had an adopted child who was with her when she went missing. The child returned home before Hillary Gardee’s body was found.
Cause Of Death
She went missing from the Nelspruit CBD on 29 April 2022 in the afternoon before her body was discovered on the roadside, just outside of the city, on 4 April 2022.
Mpumalanga police were called by some residents on their way to work, informing them they had found the body of a woman. Upon their arrival, they found the body of a lady and it has now been identified by her family as Hillary Gardee, who was reported missing. She was still wearing the clothes that were reportedly indicated that she was wearing during her disappearance
Funeral
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the murder of former EFF secretary general Godrich Gardee’s daughter could be politically and financially motivated.
Cele was speaking at the funeral of Hillary Gardee in Mbobela in Mpumalanga on Saturday.
“There’s been a question asked time and again by the media ‘is it political?’, ‘is it criminal?’ and it does seem to be a combination of both.”
The 28-year-old’s body was found near Mbombela on Tuesday – four days after she was reported missing.
She was last seen a grocery store, which is about six kilometres from her home that she shared with her brother and her adopted three-year-old daughter.
On Friday night, Mpumalanga police said one suspect was arrested in connection with the murder.
Cele said another three suspects of interest have been identified.
‘TO HER LAST BREATH’
Meanwhile, Godrich Gardee said his daughter was a fighter who fought till she took her last breath.
He said the way his daughter’s body was found, reminded him of how powerful and fearless she was.
Gardee told mourners that he found his daughter with a bleeding nose, boot prints on her chest and stab wounds on her breasts.
He said when he arrived at the crime scene, he called Hillary’s name and asked her questions, hoping she’d respond but unfortunately there was no answer.
Gardee said he would never forget the call he received telling him to stop the search for his daughter.
He knew that this signaled the worst news.
Gardee said the perpetrators would regret emptying her bank account.
Net Worth
Her net worth is not available at the moment.