In 2005, Jimmy Maketta terrorized a small farming community in Philippi, Cape Town. For more than 9 months Maketta raped and killed middle-aged couples. By the end of his killing spree, Maketta had butchered 19 people with an axe and raped more than 17 women. The community lived in constant fear. Nobody seemed to care, the police were slow to act and only one local journalist dared to raise the alarm. The only thing the few survivors could recall about the killer was that he had tattooed the word "Jesus" across his forehead.