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Ken Price Deserved Better Reality Check By Brad Nathanson In 2021, I was appointed to investigate the murder of Ken Price. What followed was one of the most demanding investigations I have ever un

Ken Price Deserved Better Reality Check By Brad Nathanson In 2021, I was appointed to investigate the murder of Ken Price. What followed was one of the most demanding investigations I have ever un

Author: By Brad Nathanson
Date: 2026-09-25

In 2021, I was appointed to investigate the murder of Ken Price. What followed was one of the most demanding investigations I have ever undertaken.

It took seven months to put the pieces together, follow the evidence, identify the suspects and build a case strong enough to facilitate the arrests of four men. Among those arrested was Julio Nobrega.

My investigation led me to the conclusion that Nobrega was the mastermind behind the planned murder of Ken Price. Ken Price was an elderly former Navy man who lived next door to Nobrega.

According to the evidence gathered during my investigation, Nobrega was operating what appeared to be a chop-shop operation from his property, involving stolen vehicles and the alteration of engine/VIN numbers. Ken was watching.

He was taking photographs of what was happening next door and providing information and photographs to the police, repeatedly asking them to investigate. And, according to the evidence presented during the investigation that made Ken a problem. A problem that, I believe, Nobrega decided had to disappear.

Ken was murdered inside his own home. The investigation established that Nathan Padayachee, who was subsequently arrested and later died, was alleged to have attacked Ken with a hammer. The two Pillay brothers were also arrested.

During the investigation, Julio Nobrega confessed to me and admitted his involvement, although he attempted to minimize his own role and placed the blame for the actual killing on the others.

The Pillay brothers subsequently turned State witnesses against Nobrega and gave evidence implicating him in the events surrounding Ken's death. Ken's decomposed body was eventually found dumped in the sugar cane near Richards Bay. But the murder was not the only part of this story.

According to the investigation, after Ken was killed, his property was looted. His motorcycles, cash, tools and other personal belongings were taken. Money was withdrawn from his bank account using his bank card and PIN. Some of Ken's belongings were subsequently recovered from the homes of the accused.

Ken wasn't simply murdered. His life was treated as though it meant nothing. I testified in this matter approximately 18 months ago. I stood in that witness box and gave my evidence. That evidence was subjected to cross-examination. It stood. And it thoroughly implicated Nobrega in the case that I had investigated.

Now, after more than eighteen months of delays and court appearances, Nobrega was due to face the next stage of the criminal proceedings.

He did not appear. Julio Nobrega has disappeared. A warrant has now been issued for his arrest. And that is where we, the public, can play a role.

I am asking anyone who knows where Julio Nobrega is, or who has information that could assist the police in locating him, to come forward.

If you have information about his whereabouts, provide it to the South African Police Service or contact me directly via inbox or call 0832502007.

Ken Price was someone's brother. Someone's friend. Someone's Uncle. Someone who had spent his life serving his country. He should have been able to grow old in peace.

Instead, according to the evidence in this case, he was killed because he was trying to expose what was happening next door to him.

Julio Nobrega needs to be found. Ken Price's family deserves the opportunity to see this matter concluded in a court of law. If you know where Julio Nobrega is, speak up. Let's get him back before the court. Let justice take its course.