Judith Masters
- Life status
- Confirmed deceased
- Profession
- Primatologist
- Also recorded as
- Judith C. Masters
- Born
- Not recorded
- Age
- Not stated in the sources reached
- Died
- 2022–2022, Hogsback, Eastern Cape · known to the range
- Fields
- Primatology
- Organisations
- University of Fort Hare, academic (retired)
- Works
- None catalogued yet
In plain words
Primatologist
Biography
Judith Masters, retired academic of the University of Fort Hare, is one of the couple found dead at their home in Hogsback, Eastern Cape, in October 2022, as named in the sentencing coverage of September 2024.
Recently retired from the University of Fort Hare (The Scientist, October 2022).
Primatologist: author of "Characterizing cryptic species", a morphometric study of the dwarf galago genus Galagoides (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2015), whose Crossref record lists the University of Fort Hare, Department of Zoology and Entomology; co-author with Fabien Génin of "Sharing the burden" (2018). Completeness of the publication list is not claimed.
Died between 1 September and 3 October 2022: they were found dead on 3 October 2022 (The Scientist), and the sentencing coverage dates the murder to September 2022. No read source gives the exact day.
Hogsback, Eastern Cape (sentencing coverage).
Three men were sentenced to several life terms for the murder of the couple by the High Court in Makhanda in September 2024 (Algoa FM). Attributed
In September 2024 the High Court in Makhanda sentenced three men to several life terms for the murders of Judith Masters and Fabien Génin. No appeal is mentioned in the read sources. Attributed
In October 2022 The Scientist reported that neither was visibly injured and that the cause of death had yet to be determined; this early state was superseded by the trial. Attributed
Research field: primatology, the profession documented for Judith Masters (research on galagos and other primates).
Works
No works catalogued in the approved record yet. Works mentioned in sources appear as attributed statements in the biography.
Timeline
Events and cases
No case file is published for this person. Recorded life events are in the timeline above; a case is opened only with its own evidence and review.
Sources
- Primatologist Pair Murdered in South African Home (opens in a new tab)The Scientist, 2022 · News report · readAuthor: Christie Wilcox
- Trio given several life terms for Hogsback double murder (opens in a new tab)Algoa FM, 2024 · News report · read
- Crossref record: Sharing the burden: A neutral approach to socioecological theory (Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 2018) (opens in a new tab)Wiley (Crossref metadata) · Peer-reviewed publication · partly read
- Crossref record: Characterizing cryptic species: A morphometric analysis of craniodental characters in the dwarf galago genus Galagoides (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2015) (opens in a new tab)Wiley (Crossref metadata), 2015 · Peer-reviewed publication · partly read