A retired couple was found dead in a South African national park this week, and authorities believe it’s because they stumbled upon poachers. Ernst and Dina Marais, ages 71 and 73, were discovered in Kruger National Park on Friday, May 22, two days after they were last seen leaving their holiday accommodations for a day of sightseeing. Their bodies were found near a river, bound and stabbed.
According to PEOPLE, the couple, who lived in Mossel Bay on South Africa’s southern coast, were avid safari-goers, according to neighbors. Their deaths have left the local community in shock. A source within Kruger National Park stated, “It was hoped that they had gone off road and [that their vehicle had] broken down after heavy local floods somewhere, but then we got a call to say two bodies had been found.”
