Couple murdered for using stolen credit cards; bodies disposed of by feeding to crocodiles.

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This selfie with Nick Bailey, a presenter of Gardeners’ World, serves as a poignant reminder of the life of Rod and Rachel Saunders, world-renowned botanists who tragically lost their lives in an ambush in a remote forest in South Africa in 2018. The three people accused of the brutal robbery and murder of the couple have been brought to trial in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, where it was revealed that the couple had been beaten to death, their bodies placed in sleeping bags, and thrown off a bridge into a crocodile-infested river. Post mortems revealed they had died of blunt force trauma.

South African-born Rachel had become a British citizen when she married Rod, a former nursery manager at the world-famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, and the couple had spent the past 30 years travelling the world collecting rare Gladioli seeds to ship around the world.

The lasting memory of the Saunders' lives is encapsulated in this selfie with Nick Bailey, serving as a reminder of their passion and commitment to their field of study, as well as the tragedy of their passing.

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Dr. Rachel and Rodney Saunders, a loving British couple, had a passion for botany and spent half of each year gathering rare Gladioli seeds in the remote South African mountains - a passion that ultimately led to their tragic demise. On February 4, 2018, they were joined by a crew from BBC's Gardeners' World and presenter Nick Bailey to record a TV segment. A selfie taken by Mr. Bailey and shared on Twitter was the final picture taken of the Saunders alive.

Unfortunately, this beautiful moment was quickly followed by a horrific tragedy. A South African court heard that three people with alleged links to Isis brutally robbed and beat the Saunders to death, before disposing of their bodies in a crocodile-infested river. Post mortems revealed that the couple died of blunt force trauma, with evidence suggesting that their bodies may have been scavenged upon by animals.

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