Reward offered in Eimbeck killing case

THE Police are offering a N$20 000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the death of Windhoek resident Anne-Gret Eimbeck.

She was shot dead on the northern outskirts of the capital on Tuesday. A Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer James Matengu, said on Friday that a reward of N$20 000 had been put up.Mrs Eimbeck (53) – whose husband, Sigi Eimbeck, was a Commissioner in the Namibian Police until he left the force in 1994 – was shot dead shortly before 17:00 on Tuesday, while she was driving to her home on a smallholding at Nubuamis north of Windhoek.Her husband found her lifeless body in her Nissan 1400 pick-up, which had come to a standstill on a gravel road some 1,5 kilometres from the couple’s house.It appeared that the robbery might have been the motive for the killing as Mrs Eimbeck’s handbag was stolen from the vehicle.The road Mrs Eimbeck was travelling on, goes through Windhoek’s Okuryangava residential area.She was shot while driving up a hill, within sight of the city.Matengu asked anyone with information on the crime to contact Detective Inspector Michael Booysen at 081 128 5717, or Detective Chief Inspector Nelius Becker at 081 129 9215.A Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer James Matengu, said on Friday that a reward of N$20 000 had been put up.Mrs Eimbeck (53) – whose husband, Sigi Eimbeck, was a Commissioner in the Namibian Police until he left the force in 1994 – was shot dead shortly before 17:00 on Tuesday, while she was driving to her home on a smallholding at Nubuamis north of Windhoek.Her husband found her lifeless body in her Nissan 1400 pick-up, which had come to a standstill on a gravel road some 1,5 kilometres from the couple’s house.It appeared that the robbery might have been the motive for the killing as Mrs Eimbeck’s handbag was stolen from the vehicle.The road Mrs Eimbeck was travelling on, goes through Windhoek’s Okuryangava residential area.She was shot while driving up a hill, within sight of the city.Matengu asked anyone with information on the crime to contact Detective Inspector Michael Booysen at 081 128 5717, or Detective Chief Inspector Nelius Becker at 081 129 9215.