Career
Wilken killed from 1990 until he was arrested in January 1997. He was active in Portuguese Elizabeth, on the east coast of South Africa. Wilkens was charged with 10 counts of murder and 5 counts of sodomy on 3 February 1997.
He was convicted of 7 counts of murder and 2 counts of sodomy on 20 February 1998.
Wilkens received seven life sentences and was further advised by Mr Justice Chris Jansen that he would have received the death penalty had it still been available to him. He said that she was sexually abused by her step-dad and wanted to send her soul to God.
He said during an interview with the police that he had sex with Henry"s decomposing corpse. He also stated that he ate the nipples of one of his victims.
