Two weeks ago, Crime Scene Investigator, Warrant Officer Themba Ntobela, testified in the Western Cape High Court that he found a hammer in the garage of Van Rooyen’s home in Kuilsriver.
He processed the hammer as well as multiple spots in the garage, which he believed had traces of blood, for possible DNA.
On Monday a forensic analyst confirmed that the blood samples found in the garage has been matched to Zarah.
Warrant Officer Blanche Stubbs said the evidence was “a clear match”.
She remained unmoved under cross-examination from Van Rooyen’s attorney, Peter Burgess, who kept pushing Stubbs on contamination, process and accreditation of samples.
Renaldo van Rooyen
Zarah, a mom of two from Kuilsriver, was last seen alive by her mother on 14 March 2016. Her body was found by workers 10 days later after it was dumped on the Bien Donne Farm in the Klein Drakenstein.
Van Rooyen, 33, and Tawfeeq Ebrahim, 26, from Malibu Village, are accused of kidnapping the woman, and killing her in Van Rooyen’s garage by bludgeoning her with a hammer.
They also face a charge of car theft, after allegedly stealing the silver BMW Z3 Zarah drove at the time of her disappearance.
The vehicle belonged to her now deceased boyfriend Mark Kleinsmith.
Tawfeeq Ebrahim
Also on the stand was Zarah’s brother Lindsay who was asked whether he knew the accused.
He looked at each in turn, saying he knew Van Rooyen from school.
Ebrahim was a stranger to him.
The trial continues.