End the uncertainty of the next of kin
Calendar 2018 Cold Cases
ortunately, most murders and to yourself for years. Sharing it may F missing person cases are solved relieve you of a burden. Or maybe you in our country, but, sadly enough, wish to help the surviving relatives not all. Children, partners, friends and find out what happened to their loved relatives keep asking themselves for one, at last. Whatever you motive, it years on end what happened to their is never too late to tell your story, and loved one. For them, it is very impor- you will not be punished if you share tant that the uncertainty is ended. information that you have kept secret Special cold-case teams focus on these thus far. Any information may help to unsolved crimes. They make every solve a case. And who knows… Your Sharing information effort to give the surviving relatives the information may lead to the successful Using your information, the cold-case peace they deserve. prosecution of a case, and you may be teams will do all they can to solve entitled to a reward. cases. There are several ways in which The calendar you can share your information, also In order to increase the chance that Rewards anonymously. The options are explain- unsolved cases may still be solved, the Any tip leading to the solving of a crime ed on the next page. cold-case teams, together with the sur- for which a reward has been offered viving relatives, publish this calendar. may be eligible for this reward. The Various languages It contains cases that you may know amount of the reward depends of the The entire calendar is online availa- more about. gravity of the crime and is different ble in Arabic, English, Russian, and forevery case. Please go to: Spanish. Why would you help? www.politie.nl/coldcases. This website It is possible that you have kept is also available at the RIC (rehabilitati- important information about a crime on centre) within the penal institutions. Do you want to share information?
Police cold-case teams By post The telephone numbers listed in the You can contact the cold-case teams by You can send information by post to calendar are freephone numbers e-mail. the freepost number mentioned below and are protected, which means that E-mail to [email protected] (no stamp is required). Antwoordnum- they are not tapped by the Custodial Anonymous: no mer 2010 Institutions Agency and/or the penal Reward: yes 2501 XR Den Haag institution where you are staying. Any Anonymous: possibly mail you send to the above-mentioned The police tip-off line Reward: possibly freepost number will not be read by the You can call the police tip-off line at a penal institution and will be forwarded freephone number. Police Criminal Intelligence Team unopened to the police. Telephone number: 0800-6070 Do you wish to share information in Anonymous: no a strictly confidential interview? If so, Do you want to pass on information Reward: yes call the following number during office and use a telephone in a separate room hours (Monday to Friday from 09:00 to in your penal institution? Please tell Meld Misdaad Anoniem (Crime- 17:00 hours) in order to get into contact the staff at your penal institution, or stoppers NL) with the Criminal Intelligence Team. post an interview request form in the You can call this line for anonymous Telephone number: 0800-7060 letterbox, addressed to the Teamleider tips. You will not be talking with the Anonymous: No, but your identity Beveiliging (security team leader) of police and you will remain anonymous. will be protected. So as to ensure your your penal institution. You can also ask Telephone number: 0800-7000 security, your personal details will be the staff at your penal institution about Anonymous: yes kept within the Criminal Intelligence possibilities for sharing information. Reward: no Team and not made known to other parties within or without the police. Reward: possibly. Overview cases coldcasecalender 2017
Below an overview of the 52 unsolved crimes included in the 2017 calendar. A full description of the cases can be found at www.politie.nl/coldcases.
week 1 week 2 week 3 week 4 week 5 Henri Nieboer Cees Lieftink Martien van der Meijs Derk Kiers Miet van Bommel van der Aa
week 6 week 7 week 8 week 9 week 10 Lydia Baneke-Knap Manon Seijkens Glenn Crawfurd Daan van Es Pim Hornstra
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week 16 week 17 week 18 week 19 week 20 Salah Tayebi Henk gerritsen Veronica Delia Caroline van Toledo Nazim Isik Camarines
week 21 week 22 week 23 week 24 week 25 Maarten Geurts Marie Christine Ger Bindi- Koos Drevijn Hans Schonewille van der Steeg
Tips: 0800 - 6070 — [email protected] week 26 week 27 week 28 week 29 week 29 Jessica de Roij Mark Kerssens Dyora Bosgra Claudia Yvette Edoo Anandkoemar Koebar
week 30 week 31 week 32 week 33 week 34 Isabelle Pongs Karim Bouhmala Anna Heemenga Ine Wijnen Ellen
week 35 week 36 week 37 week 38 week 39 Natascha Meijer Folkert Veenstra Hannes van Schaften Johannes Schrijvers Hugo Bootsma
Tips: 0800 - 6070 — [email protected] week 40 week 41 week 42 week 43 week 44 Ineke Fleurke Robert OberMeijer Duncan Zwakke Herman Ploegstra Peter de Koster
week 45 week 46 week 47 week 48 week 49 Cor Booisma Daan van Kranenburg Ida Sjamsudin Jan Groeneveld Hans Alfred Meijer
week 50 week 51 week 52 Herman Jansen Mariët Peters Ricky Hok Ahin
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Monday Den Bosch: Baby’s corpse 1 January near recreational lake Tuesday n 4 January 2007, a baby’s 2 January O corpse was found on the bank of Engelenmeer recreational lake near Den Bosch. It was a full-term Wednesday baby, who had lived after birth. 3 January The girl was wrapped in a blue and white plastic Albert Heijn shopping bag. There is no trace of the Thursday Baby’s body found near Engelermeer in mother. Do you know more about ‘s-Hertogenbosch (2007) 4 January Maarten Nelisse found dead (1991) (see week 3) this case? Then contact us via one of the tip-off-off options.
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Monday Fatal shooting that killed Chris Boelsen (1989) (see week 5) Koekange: Foster daughter 8 January disappeared from the face of the earth Tuesday he foster parents of Willeke place frequently. In 2010, a major 9 January T Dost (15) from Koekange did search was conducted at her foster not find her in her room in the parents’ farm at Dwarsdijk 41 in morning of 15 January 1992. Koekange. However, all attempts to Wednesday They thought Willeke had probably find her were in vain. 10 January taken her bike and had gone off to school already. But Willeke did not Willeke Dost’s next of kin and come home that afternoon. acquaintances of would like to end Thursday Unknown man found dead at Oude Zijdsvoorburgwal When they checked, it turned out their uncertainty about the girl’s 11 January 143 in Amsterdam (1982) (see week 4) that she had never made it to fate. Your tip-off-offs may give school that day. Late that evening, them the peace of mind they have the foster parents reported her been trying to find for years. Friday missing. Willeke Dost had a 12 January dramatic childhood. She lost both parents in a car accident before she was one. She subsequently stayed Saturday with relatives, with foster parents 13 January or in children’s homes.
Initially, her disappearance was Sunday Willeke Dost last seen (1992) thought to be voluntarily, but 14 January Marian Kusters reported missing (2010) (see week 42) was later seen in a different light. Searches to find the girl took Willeke Dost week 2
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Monday Rotterdam: 15 January Pub employee found dead Tuesday n the morning of Friday 4 January was no conviction. It is unclear 16 January I 1991, Maarten Nelisse was what happened at ’t Abattoir found dead at ’t Abattoir pub in after closing time. Please pass on Crooswijk, a district of Rotterdam. any tip-offs that could clarify this Wednesday The 64-year-old pub employee was matter. 17 January probably the victim of a robbery, as money had been taken.
Thursday Maarten Nelisse usually worked in 18 January the pub two nights a week. The night in question had not been busy, with mainly a few regulars Friday at the bar. As usual, the pub 19 January closed its doors at around 1 a.m. Maarten Nelisse Witnesses said that the last guests left the pub at around 1:15 a.m. It Saturday is well possible that Nelisse stayed 20 January behind after closing time to play the gambling machine, as he did more often. Sunday 21 January Two suspects were arrested in the context of the murder, but there week 3
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Monday Amsterdam: Unknown man 22 January with striking tattoos found Tuesday On 11 January 1982, the remains (the devil should be my leader in 23 January of an as yet unknown man were German). found under a heap of rubbish in Amsterdam. He was wrapped in In all these years we have not Wednesday a piece of cloth on the premises managed to identify this man. 24 January at Oudezijds Voorburgwal 143. Do you know who he is? To find out this man’s identity, investigations were carried out in Thursday a number of European countries, 25 January unfortunately to no avail.
The man in question was white Friday and 1.83 m tall. The victim had a 26 January number of striking tattoos on his body. On the inside of his right leg he had a butterfly tattoo. On Saturday his right forearm was a tattoo of a 27 January small heart. He had a small Native American’s head on his left forearm and on his back a tattoo of a hand Sunday with a burning candle on top. 28 January The text on the candle read: ‘Der Teufel soll Mayn Führer sein!’ Images of the tattoos week 4
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Monday Rotterdam: 29 January The murder of ‘Bolle Chris’
Tuesday Martien van der Meijs found dead (2002) t the time, Chris Boelsen, also practices and should we look for the 30 January (see week 44) A known as Bolle Chris (Fat perpetrators elsewhere? Chris), was active in the illegal As yet, the police cannot answer lottery in Rotterdam. He often these questions. Wednesday carried a lot of money. This is 31 January what got him killed in the night of Chris Boelsen was the father of Saturday 7 to Sunday 8 January two children. They and his other 1989. That night, Chris Boelsen (38) relatives would be incredibly Thursday had visited one of his ‘runners’ to relieved if the case could be solved 1 February collect money and pay out prize after all these years. Do you have money. He was shot when he left the tip-off that can help us do this? the house at Berkelstraat, which Friday fatally injured him. 2 February
Chris Boelsen, who was also known in Rotterdam window cleaners’ Saturday circles, earned a lot of money 3 February from illegal lotteries. Competition in this illegal sector was fierce. Therefore it is quite conceivable Sunday that the shooter or shooters came 4 February from illegal gambling circles. Or was Chris involved in other obscure Chris Boelsen week 5
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Monday Roelof Steinvoorte found dead (1993) Leeuwarden: 5 February Single man murdered Tuesday hen she arrived, the that he kept a lot of money in the 6 February W housekeeper noticed house and that he had homosexual straightaway that something was contacts, but these stories were off. The curtains in the house of never substantiated. Wednesday Roelof Steinvoorte were still closed 7 February in the morning of 5 February 1993. Steinvoorte’s next of kin are Once she had entered the house completely in the dark about what at Mr. P.J. Troelstraweg 88 in happened that evening. Do you Thursday Leeuwarden, she realized why the have more information about this 8 February curtains were closed. She found case? Then help us to successfully the lifeless body of the 62-year-old conclude this investigation after all Steinvoorte. The victim had been these years. Friday stabbed in the chest multiple times 9 February and had several head injuries. Steinvoorte had probably been killed the evening before. Saturday 10 February Mr Steinvoorte came from a wealthy family and owned a number of premises in Leeuwarden, which he Sunday rented out. After his parents’ death, 11 February he continued to live on his own in the parental home. The story went Roelof Steinvoorte week 6
Tips: 0800 - 6070 — [email protected] February Monday Amsterdam: Woman missing 12 February since Valentine’s Day Tuesday he told her husband that she money. In addition to Bijde she used 13 February S would go to the methadone the last names Geigl and Amiti. provision at Weesperplein in Amsterdam, and would Do you have tip-offs that can take Wednesday Stefanie Blijd last seen (2011) subsequently visit a friend in the away the uncertainty Stefanie Blijd’s 14 February Bijlmer district. Stephanie Blijd, relatives have about her fate? aged 28, then left her home in De Pijp, but on that day, 14 February Thursday 2011 (Valentine’s Day), would never 15 February arrive at either destination.
Her mother, whom she called all the Friday time, never heard from her daughter 16 February again. Stefanie Blijd had agreed with her husband that she would always let him know how she was Saturday doing after a few days. He has not 17 February had any sign of life from her since 14 February 2011. Stefanie Blijd originally came from Germany, but Stefanie Blijd Sunday had lived in Amsterdam since 2005. 18 February She was a drug addict and worked as a prostitute when she needed week 7
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Monday Helmond: Woman killed while 19 February walking dog Tuesday t about 10:00 p.m. on 22 other next of kin cannot find peace 20 February AFebruary 2016, Mariëlle of mind before the perpetrator has Markgraaff, who was walking her been found. Do you know who was dog, was suddenly attacked on behind this attack? Wednesday Bakelsedijk in Helmond. Someone 21 February knocked the 37-year-old woman on the head with a heavy object. Mariëlle did not survive the attack. Thursday Mariëlle Markgraaff killed (2016) The brutal attack took place on 22 February the bicycle path directly adjacent to the trailer park at Bakelsedijk in Helmond. Friday 23 February Mariëlle was the mother of two daughters and was in the middle of a divorce. Together with her Mariëlle Markgraaff Saturday daughters she was temporarily 24 February staying with her mother at the trailer park. The police did all they could to find the perpetrator of Sunday this attack with deadly outcome. 25 February Despite all their efforts, they did not succeed. Her two daughters and week 8
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Monday Haarlem: Deadly stabbing after 26 February a visit to the cafeteria.
Tuesday aniël Manion (28) left the De The smallest olive-skinned boy had 27 February D Tempelier cafeteria in Haarlem distinctively small, pinched eyes after an argument with three boys. and very short black hair. He wore That night of 27 March 1994 he a baseball cap. They probably had Wednesday had visited the cafeteria together been at the Plaza disco at Houtplein/ 28 February with his neighbour. He was soon Tempeliersstraat until briefly before to be followed by the tree guys. On the stabbing. the corner of Tempelierstraat and They may Thursday Wijde Geldelozepad, a fight broke also have 1 March out and Manion was stabbed twice. been When the victim’s wife interfered, involved in the perpetrators fled on a white a fight at Friday granny’s bike and a moped. Houtplein 2 March A month and three operations square at later, Manion died as a result of the around 1:15 stabbing. a.m. If you Daniël Manion Saturday know who these boys were, please 3 March Two of the boys were olive-skinned, let us know via one of the tip-off one was white. One of the olive- options. The victim’s next of kin will skinned boys was a lot taller than be very grateful. Sunday the other. The white boy had 4 March strikingly light blond, almost white hair. All three were aged 16 to 18. week 9
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Monday Bakel: Portuguese woman 5 March vanished into thin air Tuesday he lived in a chalet at a are very worried about her. 6 March S recreation park in Bakel. You could relief a major part of This is where the Portuguese Rosa their worries with tip-offs that Maria Venda Da Silva (25) was last would lead to the solution of this Wednesday seen alive around midnight on 10 case. 7 March March 2008. She worked for a meat processing company in Someren, where she hadn’t shown up since Thursday 12 March. Five days later she was 8 March officially reported missing
Further investigation showed that Friday the Portuguese woman never again 9 March contacted her relatives in Portugal. Another striking fact was that all her clothes and other belongings were Saturday Rosa Maria Venda Da Silva last seen (2008) still in the chalet. 10 March
We are in the dark about what happened to this woman. Sunday Given the circumstances of her 11 March disappearance, a crime cannot be ruled out. Her relatives in Portugal Rosa Maria Venda Da Silva week 10
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Monday Den Haag: Man dead in a 12 March house for over a week Tuesday n Friday 16 March 2007, the information leads to the solution of 13 March Oremains of Maarten Redeker this case, you will render his next of (29) were found in his home at kin a major service. Schoutendreef 342 in The Hague. Wednesday It is highly likely that the man died 14 March as a result of a crime. The investigation showed that someone had injured him so Thursday seriously in the early hours of 7 15 March March 2007 that he died of his injuries a while later.
Friday Maarten Redeker found dead (2007) We know that Maarten Redeker 16 March was gay. He had casual sexual contacts and was active online on the well-known gay sites. On Saturday 6 March he talked to his relatives 17 March for the last time, and on 7 March he failed to show up at work at De Schildershoek. Sunday 18 March Do you know anything about Maarten Redeker Maarten Redeker’s murder? If your week 11
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Monday Teteringen: Young woman 19 March found dead in woods Tuesday n Christmas Day 1990, an Several people were arrested after 20 March O unsuspecting family took the body was found, but it is still a walk around noon through unknown who the young woman Cadettenkamp, a wood near was and under what circumstances Wednesday Teteringen. They were horrified she was killed. Do you more 21 March to suddenly come across human information about this case that remains. The body was wrapped could help us solve the crime? in a brown blanket and was hidden Please let us know. Thursday behind a hedgerow. The body had 22 March been covered with a green blanket and a large section of carpet. There was a red cloth over her head. Friday 23 March Local inquiries showed that the wrapped up body had possibly already been seen on 23 December. Saturday The woman was between 15-18 24 March years old, 1.63m tall and had shoe size 36. She was dressed in a red turtleneck (size L) and red velvet Sunday trousers, size 3, brand Carine. At the 25 March time, this brand was solely for sale in Belgium. Unknown woman week 12
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Monday Arnhem: 26 March Retired colonel killed Tuesday Daniel Manion attacked after a visit to the cafeteria riends who came to came to pick Blüml was a retired colonel of the 27 March (1994) (see week 9) Fup Hans Blüml for a Freemasons Royal Dutch Army. He was not and meeting on the night of Monday 29 had never been married and lived March 1999 found themselves faced alone. He was gay and regularly Wednesday with a closed door. visited gay meeting 28 March The front door of the places in and around house at Goyenstraat Arnhem. 13 in Arnhem stayed He also took men Thursday Hans Blüml found dead (1999) closed, even after home quite frequently. 29 March they repeatedly rang Several suspects came the bell. They called to the fore during the the police, because investigation, but their Friday they didn’t trust involvement in the 30 March the situation. After murder of the retired officers had gained colonel could never be access by forcing Hans Blüml proven. Saturday a window, they found the 65-year- 31 March old man in the hall, where he lay at Blüml’s next of kin have lived in the bottom of the stairs, bathing in grave uncertainty about who killed blood. Hard blows on his head had him for many years now. Can you Sunday killed him. help them with your tip-offs? 1 April
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Monday Roermond: Attack with deadly 2 April outcome at a cemetery Tuesday n the night of 22 July 2003, His next of kin find the murder of 3 April I a terrible crime took place Piet Mergelsberg very hard to take. at ‘Tussen de Bergen’ general Your tip-offs may help them cope cemetery in Roermond. While with this tragic event. Wednesday visiting his deceased wife’s grave, 4 April 75-year-old Piet Mergelsberg was suddenly attacked. Piet was hit on the head with a hard object, after Thursday which the perpetrator(s) took off 5 April with a loot of a few ten euro notes from Piet’s wallet.
Friday An ambulance rapidly took the 6 April injured Piet Mergelsberg to the hospital in Roermond. Initially, it seemed as if he could be released Saturday from hospital in a few days’ time. 7 April But then his condition deteriorated to such an extent that he had to be taken to the University Medical Sunday Centre in Maastricht, where he died 8 April on 25 July 2003, as a result of the violent attack. Piet Mergelsberg week 14
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Monday Ria de Vries found dead (1991) Enschede: 9 April Missing girl found dead Tuesday n 3 May 1990, Ria de Vries Ria de Vries’ relatives avidly hope 10 April O (13) left her mother’s house that her death will be solved in Enschede between 08:00- after all these years. If you have 08:30 p.m., never to return. After any information that may lead to Wednesday five months of intensive police this solution, they will be hugely 11 April investigation did not produce any grateful. results, it was decided that the investigation would be stopped. Thursday Until Tuesday 9 April 1991, when 12 April parts of a skeleton were found at De Hoge Veluwe National Park. These turned out to be the remains Friday of Ria de Vries. 13 April
After the find, a new large-scale investigation was launched. Various Saturday Unknown man found dead in Arkersluis lock in Nijkerk suspects came to the fore, but until 14 April (1999) (see week 28) today it is unclear what exactly happened to Ria de Vries.
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Monday Boxtel: Baby’s corpse near the 16 April A2 motorway Tuesday n 22 April 2012, a baby’s body 17 April O was found at a dry bank of the River Dommel near the underpass of the A2 motorway (Eindhoven- Wednesday Den Bosch) at Boxtel. The full-term 18 April baby – it was a girl – had lived after birth. The body was found in a grey garbage bag and was wrapped in a Thursday towel. If you have any information 19 April that may lead us to this baby’s mother, please contact us via one of the tip-off options. Friday 20 April
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Sunday Baby’s body found along A2 motorway near Boxtel 22 April (2012)
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Monday Haarlemmermeer: 23 April Chained man in canal Tuesday ressed solely in boxer shorts Do you know who this man is? Or 24 April D and tied up in a foetal position do you maybe have other tip-offs with over five metres of iron about this case? chain around his neck, wrists and Wednesday ankles. This is how the body of 25 April a man was found in a canal near Zwanenburgdijk (underneath the overpass of the A9 motorway, Thursday municipality of Haarlemmermeer) 26 April on 27 April 1999. A day later, divers from the fire brigade found a t-shirt on the bottom of the canal. Friday Unknown man found dead in the water of the ringvaart 27 April canal at Zwanenburgerdijk (1999) To prevent the body from floating, Location where the unknown man was the chain had been weighted found with six padlocks and two weight Saturday Leon Kok shot dead (2001) (see week 30) plates of 15kg each. The man had 28 April been dead for several months; his body was in an advanced state of decomposition. Despite this, it Sunday could be determined that he had 29 April died as a result of violence. Chain and one of the padlocks week 17
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ust a quick walk with the dog and to survive in the nightmare. She did not cope with it in a way. In the end, my J then in bed. Things went very want to leave her children behind now children were what saved me. differently for 72-year-old Martien that they had already lost their father. van der Meijs on 30 January 2002. She died four and a half months later. The murder of my father had a major He was stabbed near his apartment impact on the entire family. For my in Hilversum. He succumbed on the That specific night, phones kept ringing girls the innocence in their lives had doorstep of his home. His daughter in the house. When I talked to my died with their grandpa. They were very Wicky van der Meijs still shivers when brother, I already knew what he had scared for a very long time and were she thinks back to that night. to say: daddy is dead. But hearing that afraid to sleep alone. It cost me my he was murdered was horrific. Talking marriage: I started working really hard, ‘My father was a good, sweet person. about it still gives me the shivers. built up a company. I know, in essence As a baker, he had worked hard all it was a flight from reality. his life. Bread, cakes, pies; he put his It took two weeks before I was able to heart and soul into baking. I vividly cry. Countless police investigations, Yet, I don’t hate the perpetrator. Hate remember the smell of Christmas loaf my father’s funeral, his birthday, my poisons you. I try to see him from a in the house. An enjoyable time of year. mother and three small children in the humane perspective. I believe everyone house: I was completely exhausted. can make a clean slate. Whatever it Until his death, dad was in love with This is why I wrote the murderer a is you have done, admit to it. If the my mom. She was the most beautiful letter. I had so many questions. Who perpetrator had the courage to come woman in the world to him, even when are you? Why did you do it? Why don’t forward and say “I’m sorry”, that would she had lost her hair as a result of my children have a grandpa anymore? mean the world to me, to all of us. Then chemotherapy. He was so positive. The Gooi-en Eemlander and the you give something back to the next of This is what carried her during her Telegraaf newspapers published my kin.’ illness. After his death, my mother tried letter. Writing it all down helped me Reward
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Monday Rothem: 30 April Child dead after arson Tuesday n the night of Saturday 2 to clarify matters? The relatives of 1 May I Sunday 3 May 2009, a fire 6-year-old victim Rein Weehuizen broke out in a house at Pastoor will be eternally grateful if you have Geelenplein 17 in Rothem tip-offs that would bring the police Wednesday (municipality of Meerssen). At the closer to the solution of this case. 2 May time, eight people were staying at the house: three adults and five children. They were all injured Thursday Fire that killed Rein Weehuizen two days later (2009) and were rapidly taken to various 3 May hospitals. Among them was 6-year- old Rein Weehuizen, who was visiting with his parents and his Friday sister. In the night of 5 May 2009, 4 May he succumbed to his injuries at the Maastricht Academic Medical Centre. Saturday 5 May Investigation has shown that the fire in the house had been lit on purpose. For the rest there is not Sunday much clarity about the incident 6 May with deathly outcome. Can you Rein Weehuizen week 18
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Monday Vuren: The murder of ‘Rooie 7 May Jeannette’ (Red Jeanette) Tuesday few hunters had quite a shock at some time between 08:00-08:30 8 May A in the morning of Saturday p.m.. 10 May 2003. In a ditch near Molenweg, between Achterdijk Who is guilty of this murder? Was Wednesday and the southern lane of the A15 it her last client or was it someone 9 May motorway near Vuren (municipality else? Do you have tip-offs that of Lingewaal), they spotted the could help us solve the murder of body of a woman. They reported Jeanette Derksen and provide her Thursday Jeanette Derksen found dead (2003) their lugubrious find to the police. next of kin with the peace of mind 10 May The woman turned out to be they deserve? 29-year-old Jeanette Derksen, also known as ‘Rooie Jeanette’. She had Friday been killed by strangulation. 11 May
She was severely addicted to drugs and had worked as a prostitute Saturday since she was 16. She had started 12 May working the streets when she was 22. The investigation showed that on Friday 9 May 2003, Jeanette Sunday worked late at the tolerance zone on 13 May Oude Veerweg in Arnhem. She had registered before she started work Jeanette Derksen week 19
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Monday Cornelis Regter found dead (2005) Rotterdam: 14 May Single man killed at home Tuesday n 14 May 2005, a woman entry. The common entrance 15 May O checked on her neighbour, door and the front door of his Cornelis Regter, at Vijverhofstraat apartment were not damaged. 131A in Rotterdam. She had a This may indicate that the victim Wednesday major shock when she found himself opened the door for the 16 May 80-year-old Cornelis Regter’s perpetrator(s). The victim’s next lifeless body. It is highly likely that of kin would like to find out who Cor, as he was called, had been is responsible for this murder. All Thursday killed the previous the night or in tip-offs that can shed some light on 17 May the night of 14 May. We suspect this case are more than welcome. that money was taken, as well as some jewellery. Friday 18 May Cornelis Regter was a single man who could regularly be found in local pubs. Once in a while, Saturday he bragged about his money. 19 May According to acquaintances, he was keeping this money in the weirdest places, in his socks, for instance. Sunday 20 May His apartment on the ground floor did not show any traces of forcible Cornelis Regter week 20
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Monday Winschoten: Elderly man killed 21 May in his own home Tuesday n Saturday 22 August 2016, Do you know anything about this 22 May O a worried home care aide crime with deadly outcome? Then called the police. Sietze Grave, contact us via one of the tip-off the inhabitant of the house at options. Wednesday Hyacintstraat 28 in Winschoten, 23 May failed to answer the home care aide’s attempts to contact him. Police officers went to investigate Thursday Grave’s house and found his lifeless 24 May body in the bedroom. The 82-year- old had died as a result of a crime. A sum of money had been taken Friday from the house. 25 May
The house of the elderly man showed signs of having been Saturday searched. Sietze Grave was a dealer 26 May in silver and gold, among other things. As a result, he was visited frequently by all sorts of people. Sietze Grave Sunday 27 May
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Monday Rotterdam: Man from 28 May Rotterdam vanished into thin air Tuesday hat night he had an number 25-ZD-PK. That car too 29 May T appointment with a friend vanished into thin air. Remco was at his home in the Rotterdam 1.90m tall, of normal to stout build. district of Zevenkamp. But when, On the day he disappeared he Wednesday at around 11:00 p.m. probably wore black 30 May on Wednesday 10 trousers and a black September 2008, the coat. friend rang the bell Thursday of Remco van der Several suspects were 31 May Torre’s (30) home, arrested in connection he did not open the with this missing door. Investigation persons case, but had Friday has shown that he to be released again 1 June was probably killed for lack of evidence. in his own home, Remco’s relatives still after which fire was Remco van der Torre find his disappearance Saturday set to the house. Up to the present very hard to take. They daily wrestle 2 June day, Remco’s body appears to have with the question what could have vanished without a trace. happened to Remco van de Torre. If you have any tip-off, we may be Sunday At the time, Remco drove a rented able to end their uncertainty. 3 June black Volkswagen Golf with white number plates and registration week 22
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Monday Twijzelerheide: 4 June The murder of ’t Ikeboerke Tuesday n 30 September 1996, fire what happened at the farm on that 5 June O broke out in a small free- fatal day. Your tip-offs may help standing farm at Popels 58 in Lulofs next of kin find an answer to Twijzelerheide. After the fire had that question. Wednesday been extinguished, officers found 6 June the remains of 87-year-old Reinder Lulofs in the ground floor bedroom. Though the farm had been on fire, Thursday evidence could still be examined. 7 June The investigation showed that the house had been burgled and that items had been stolen from the Friday house. 8 June
Reinder Lulofs, also known as ’t Ikeboerke, lived a sober life. His Saturday farm was not connected to gas, 9 June water and electricity, for instance. He had been living there by himself since his brother had died in 1990, Sunday but was able to manage fine with 10 June help from the people around him. Until the present day it is unclear Reinder Lulofs week 23
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Monday Blerick: 11 June Liquidation in criminal circles Tuesday n 15 June 2001, 28-year-old case. Do you have these answers 12 June O Dogan Manan in Blerick for them? If so, they will be very (municipality of Venlo) was grateful to you. shot dead. Dogan Manan came Wednesday from Turkey. We know that he 13 June moved in drugs circles in Venlo and Eindhoven. In light of this, we strongly suspected from the Thursday beginning that the murder had 14 June settled a score in drugs circles.
After a while, a number of suspects Friday Dogan Manan shot dead (2001) were arrested in connection with 15 June this case, but none of them was ever convicted for this murder, though they were all convicted on Saturday drugs charges. 16 June
Dogan Manan’s friends and relatives have been waiting for Sunday answers in this possible liquidation Dogan Manan 17 June
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Monday Tilburg: Woman dead after 18 June opening a bomb letter Tuesday hen she came home after Jenneke de Wind had told her son 19 June W a day out with her friends that lately she had not felt safe at on 2 July 1993, Jenneke de Wind home. She had also changed her from Tilburg found telephone number Wednesday an envelope in her twice in the past six 20 June living room. When months, because she opened it, a someone had been lighter fell out, which harassing her by Thursday was followed by calling her. She told 21 June an explosion. The friends that she did not 53-year-old inhabitant know who made the of Tilburg was calls. Friday seriously injured and 22 June died as a result of her Jenneke de Wind Up to the present day, injuries a short while after the victim’s son and her other next of kin are wondering who was Saturday It turned out that the bomb letter, behind the bomb letter that cost 23 June personally addressed to Jenneke Jenneke de Wind her life. They de Wind, had been hand-delivered would welcome any tip-offs that at her home that day. Her son, may answer this question. Sunday who happened to be home, saw 24 June the letter and put the envelope on the table. A striking fact was that week 25
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Monday Berg en Terblijt: Deadly 25 June conclusion of a brutal robbery Tuesday n Saturday 14 August 2004, Your information on the case would 26 June O the Leukels, a married couple, be a great help. spent a quiet evening in the living room of their home at Lindenstraat Wednesday 2 in Berg en Terblijt in the province 27 June of Limburg, until an unknown man suddenly stormed into the room. He assaulted the couple with a club Thursday and a saw. Mr Leukel (68) died of 28 June his injuries there and then. Despite her serious injuries, Mrs Leukel (69) managed to alert the police. Friday 29 June After having been in a coma for days, Mrs Leukel came to again. After an intensive rehabilitation period Saturday she gradually went on with her 30 June life. The extremely violent robbery, but especially the tragic loss of her husband, have left deep marks on Sunday her. Solving this brutal robbery may 1 July possibly help her cope a little better. Sjef Leukel week 26
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Monday Explosion at Jenneke de Wind’s home (1993) (see week 25) Amsterdam: 2 July Strangled unknown man Tuesday n the evening of Wednesday 8 Dutch currency, Swiss and German 3 July I July 1998, the remains of a white money was found in his clothes. man were found in the water at Bosplaat in Amsterdam-Noord. Investigation showed that the Wednesday Unknown woman found dead in the dunes near The man, who was 25 to 40 years man probably came from Eastern- 4 July Wassenaar (2004) (see week 31) old, turned out to have been killed European/Baltic countries and by strangulation with a cord. had travelled to the Netherlands The victim was 1.79m tall and of via Switzerland and Germany. Thursday average build. He had black hair – He had only been staying in the 5 July long in the neck – and had a slight Netherlands for a short period of growth of beard and moustache time. Investigation into the man’s (black). identity has not produced any Friday results. Do you have information 6 July On his chest and stomach, the that may be important? Please man had a striking, large tattoo share this information with us. of a dragon. In addition, he had Saturday a sizable scar underneath his rib 7 July cage on the right hand side. He was dressed in in black Levi’s a blue-black sweater, brand: State of Sunday Unknwon man found dead in the water of Bosplaat in Art, and a red T-shirt reading EGO. 8 July Amsterdam-Noord (1998) With that he wore a decorated silver ring with a blue stone. In addition to The victim’s ring and tattoo week 27
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Monday Nijkerk: 9 July Dead man in Arkervaart canal Tuesday he lock keeper of the Arkersluis Despite extensive investigation 10 July T lock in Nijkerk found it hard to this case was not solved. Do you believe his eyes. But on Wednesday have more information about this 14 April 1999 he really did see a man’s identity? Or do you have any Wednesday body floating in Arkervaart canal. information about this unknown 11 July Police investigation showed that it man’s murder? was a man who had probably been in the water for several weeks. Thursday It also became clear that the man, 12 July who was probably of Chinese des- cent, had died as a result of a crime, because he had iron chains with a Friday padlock around his neck and waist. 13 July
The victim was aged between 35 and 48. He had a striking 30 x 30cm Saturday tattoo on his back with an image 14 July of a large multi-coloured dragon. The victim was dressed in a blue- Victim’s tattoo grey sweater, brand: Nino Cerutti, Sunday a black T-shirt, brand: Eminence, 15 July and brown-beige trousers, brand: Matinique. week 28
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Monday Wilma Bres found dead (1989) (week 35) Groningen: Never returned 16 July after a night out on the town Tuesday etween 20:00 and 22:00 p.m. Wijtske Hiemstra was married and 17 July B on the evening of Wednesday mother of two children. Her family 16 July 1986, Wijtske (pronounced is completely in the dark about as Weetske) Bauer-Hiemstra from what happened to her that night. Wednesday Leeuwarden left her home. She If you have information about her 18 July was on her way to the Groningen death, this will definitely help them nightlife district, and said she cope. would be home the next day before Thursday Wijtske Hiemstra found dead (1986) dinner. But she never returned to 19 July her family.
That day she was last seen in Friday De Schakel pub at Peperstraat in 20 July Groningen. On Saturday 19 July 1986, a passer-by saw a body floating in the water of Damsterdiep Saturday near the village of Garmerwolde in 21 July the Province of Groningen. It turned out to be the body of Wijtske, who had been reported missing. Wijtske Bauer-Hiemstra Sunday Piet Mergelsberg robbed (2003) (see week 14) 22 July
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Monday Nijmegen: Shot dead in front 23 July of his family Tuesday hey had visited friends on took place in front of his girlfriend 24 July T the night of Saturday 28 April and their children. 2001. Afterwards, Leon Kok (34), We know that Leon Wednesday together with his Kok was involved in 25 July girlfriend and their the cannabis business two children, drove – he had allegedly back to their home cultivated cannab Thursday at Malvert 87 in is himself at some 26 July Nijmegen, Nijmegen. stage – and had large When, at around sums of money at 10:45 p.m., Leon his disposal. Despite Friday unsuspectingly extensive investigation 27 July got out of his car, this case is still a man holding a unsolved. firearm suddenly Leon Kok Saturday approached him. The attack was a 28 July The man fired a close range shot horrible experience for Leon’s at Leon, who attempted to flee girlfriend, children and other after this first shot. The perpetrator relatives. Arresting the perpetrator Sunday went after him, however, and fired may help them cope with his death. 29 July several more shots. Leon did not This is why your tip-offs would be survive these. The deadly attack highly appreciated. week 30
Tips: 0800 - 6070 — [email protected] July Monday Wassenaar: Unknown dead 30 July woman in the dunes Tuesday n 4 July 2004, the lifeless body Do you know this woman or do you 31 July Oof an unknown woman was suspect who she is? Please pass on found in the dunes near Wassenaar. this information. The body was located near Wednesday Wassenaarse Slag, a remote beach 1 August entrance of the Meijendel dunes north of The Hague. The woman, aged 30-50, had scars on her brow, Thursday chin and right upper and lower leg. 2 August
The white woman was dressed in a black T-shirt, a short black jacket, Friday a white fleece cardigan, a blouse Victim’s clothes 3 August with paisley pattern (leaf-like shapes), and dark grey trousers. The victim was 1.68m tall, had Saturday blond hair, blue eyes and weighed 4 August 60kg.
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Monday Maria van der Zanden last seen (1994) (see week 43) Egmond-Binnen: Elderly 6 August citizens attacked in their home Tuesday ngelbertus Swart (71) and his Many people knew that Engelbertus 7 August E two sisters Elisabeth (80) and Swart had a lot of money, also at Johanna (85) unsuspectingly played home. Various people had borrowed a game of cards in the evening of large sums of money from him. Wednesday Friday 11 August 2006, when around 8 August midnight four darkly clothed men Engelbertus Swart and his sisters wearing balaclavas and weapons Johanna and Elisabeth are forced their way into their home deceased by now, but their relatives Thursday at Noorderveldweg 1A in Egmond- would like to have this case solved. 9 August Binnen. Three of them asked for They would be very grateful if you money in Dutch, one of them spoke are willing to share any information German. you have. Friday 10 August The elderly trio was taped to their chairs. The men searched the house, but failed to find anything. They Saturday Four men forcefully entered the home of the Swart family subsequently beat and threatened 11 August (2006) the three defenceless elderly people and kept asking where the safe was. Around 6:00 a.m., the four men left Sunday the house, carrying valuable goods 12 August and money. week 32
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Monday Loenersloot: Unknown 13 August Chinese man murdered Tuesday Sjef Leukel attacked and killed (2014) (see week 26) n 18 August 2003, the remains prior to his death? Then please 14 August O of an unknown man were contact the police. found in the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal canal in Loenersloot, somewhere Wednesday between Utrecht and Amsterdam. 15 August It turned out the man had been shot dead. Investigation showed that the man came from China, Thursday and that he had arrived in the 16 August Netherlands only two weeks prior to his death.
Friday When it was found, the body 17 August had been in the water for quite a while. This had rendered the man unrecognizable. A facial Saturday Unknown man found dead in Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal reconstruction could still be made, 18 August canal in Loenersloot (2003) however. Hopefully this will offer the necessary leads.
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Monday Sietze Grave found dead (2016) (see week 21) Oosterhout: Questions around 20 August a man who went missing Tuesday n 23 August 2005, he drove everything to him. It is therefore 21 August O away from his home in peculiar that he has not contacted Oosterhout in a rented car. No one them since his disappearance, not has heard from John Heijboer ever even on their birthdays. Wednesday since. On 29 August, his brother So there are many questions 22 August officially reported him missing. around this disappearance. The next Several people have indicated that of kin are very keen on learning the man had recently appeared to what happened to John Heijboer. Thursday John Heijboer last seen (2005) be very rushed, not himself, and on Hopefully you have got tip-offs that 23 August his guard. will end their uncertainty.
It was remarkable that John Friday Heijboer left his home without 24 August taking his mobile phone. He also left the small pouch bag with money he always wore at the Saturday house. Neither did he take his bank 25 August cards, passport and ID card.
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n 20 August 2016, the lifeless Grandpa had many contacts. People Recently, I heard someone shuffle. O body of 82-year-old Sietze from the neighbourhood, but there were “That’s him,” is what I think at such a Grave was discovered in his home junkies among them too. We warned time. It feels as if he is a missing person. in Winschoten. He was violently him against them. Once someone came Children, grandchildren, we have never murdered. The pain is as fresh as ever to show him a gold watch, but took off had the chance to say goodbye to for his children and grandchildren, with grandpa’s wallet. him. The people in the neighbourhood according to grandson Sjacky Grave. empathize with us. Everyone knew him. That Saturday my uncle called. He had Grandpa was murdered, but ever since ‘Grandma and Grandpa’s sixth child, found grandpa at home. “And given the that day we have had to live with the that’s what they called me. That’s how way I have found him, I don’t think he stories, the rumours. You feel frustrated, often I visited them. Grandpa joined us died from natural causes,” he added. I angry. If someone looks at you for too every weekend to go to the motocross. hung up the phone. It was as if someone long you get suspicious. And later he still came to our car had pulled the rug out from under me. workshop for a cup of coffee every The first months I drove by his house afternoon. A friend of mine then drove me to every day, sometimes even a few times Winschoten. In the car I called my father. a day. You are so powerless. You grasp He was stubborn and not afraid of It was better that he heard it from me at straws, every bit of hope. People were anything. A man who stood up for than on the news. Once in Winschoten, interviewed, but the investigators still himself, even if he was in his eighties. the police had already cordoned off the can’t conclude the case. It feels like a He dealt a bit in antiques and other doorway. We weren’t allowed to come never-ending film.’ stuff. Sometime a little gold, a necklace near. My uncle and aunt had to identify once in a while. This helped him stay in him a few days later. Then the coffin touch with the outside world, he said. was closed. His house sometimes resembled a club. Reward
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Monday Delft: 27 August The murder of a student Tuesday t around 03:00 a.m. on 16 July of the murder of Wilma Bres. 28 August A 1989, the lifeless remains of 32-year-old student Wilma Bres Did you notice anything out of the were found at Muyskenlaan in ordinary that night? Or do you have Wednesday Delft, not far from her home. The other tip-offs that may help us solve 29 August student had been stabbed several the case? Wilma Bres’ next of kin times, which is what killed her. will be very grateful for them. Her bronze-coloured bike was Thursday positioned next to her and was 30 August splattered with blood.
The night of 15 July, Wilma Bres Friday had acted in the play ‘Sondheim in 31 August the Park’ with an amateur theatre company. She then had a drink with several participants and Saturday guests at a pub in Delft. According 1 September to witnesses, she went home at around 02:00 a.m. Despite the fact that suspects were arrested at the Sunday time, no one has yet been convicted Wilma Bres 2 September
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Monday Breda: Homeless man killed in 3 September bike parking Tuesday n 6 September 2011, the Netherlands via Greece and 4 September O body of 50-year-old Samba Germany. He was married and he Fall was found in a bike parking and his wife had children. But from of the Nationale Hogeschool voor there on, things went downhill for Wednesday Toerisme en Verkeer, the university him and he ended up among drug 5 September of applied sciences for tourism users and the homeless, a scene and logistics in Breda. His death that mostly revolved around ‘t IJ was the result of a crime. Samba shelter at Slingerweg in Breda. Thursday Samba Fall found dead (2011) Fall was homeless. At that location he had 6 September That night, as he did friends, but enemies more often, he had too, and fights were prepared a sleeping the order of the day. Friday place in the bike 7 September parking. Security Do you have any footage shows how leads that may help us at about 03:48 a.m., solve the case? Then Saturday someone walked please pass them on. 8 September around the corner, Samba Fall Samba Fall’s children bent over the victim, and fired an in particular will be very grateful to apparently lethal shot. you. Sunday 9 September Samba Fall was a refugee from Senegal, who had fled to the week 36
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Monday Remco van der Torre missing (2008) (see week 22) Brunssum: Murdered person 10 September Sjef Klee found dead (1995) found at mining site Tuesday n the night of 9 September 11 September I 1995, Jozef (Sjef) Klee (27) from Heerlen, in the company of a second person, left the Het Wednesday Trefpunt pub in the Treebeek 12 September district of Brunssum. The two went to the house of a friend of Sjef Klee’s, where they had a bottle Thursday of beer. Then Sjef left the house 13 September at Pleinstraat 12 in Brussum. That very night, his body was found at the former mining site, on the side Friday of Wenckbachstraat in Treebeek. It Sjef Klee 14 September turned out that he had been shot dead.
Saturday Despite extensive investigation, the 15 September police have thus far been unable to find any concrete indications that may lead to the solution of this Sunday murder case. If you do have any 16 September leads, please share them via one of our tip-off options. week 37
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Monday Unknown woman found dead in the river Gaasp (1999) Amsterdam: Dead woman in 17 September Kliko container Tuesday n 17 September 1999, a Kliko and 1.70m. The woman was aged 18 September O garbage container containing 20 to 35, of slight build and 1.59m the remains of a woman was found tall. She had Eurasian looks with in the Gaasp, a small river between slightly curly brown-black hair. Wednesday Driemond and Diemen. She had Her clothes, as well as the man’s 19 September been shot dead. The body had clothes, contained substances been partially cast in cement. The from the food industry. The victim container also contained man’s wore a rectangular, gold-coloured Thursday clothing and a few bags of washing watch, brand: Guess. Text on the 20 September detergent. back: Japan MOV*T* GUESS ING 1996. The watch has a non-original The washing detergent in question bi-coloured metal strap. The victim Friday is used by launderettes and grew up in the Netherlands, so 21 September companies that wash their own there must be people who know work clothes or produce clothing. her. Do you know who she is? The man’s clothes included a beige Saturday Tenson coat, size 54. On the inside, 22 September near the collar, a label had been stitched onto a burn mark. Black corduroy trousers from Marks and Sunday Spencer were also found. 23 September The person who wore these clothes Label in Tenson coat, victim’s clothes must have been between 1.66m and victim’s watch week 38
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Monday Amsterdam: Mystery around 24 September murdered woman Tuesday friend of Emerentia Hogema- person had brought her a book 25 September A Diepenbrock’s (70) had heard titled De Verrader (the traitor). Ms that no one had been able to reach Emerentia Hogema-Diepenbrock, the woman for some time. This is who was a member of various Wednesday why on 30 September 1992 she clubs, thought this was very strange 26 September decided to see for herself what and did not know what to do with was going on at the it. The unknown house at Jacob van person also used her Thursday Weesenbekestraat bathroom. A striking 27 September 29 in Amsterdam. fact is that the book Once there, she was not found at her was shocked to home. Friday find her friend 28 September dead. Everything Ms Emerentia pointed towards the Hogema- Emerentie Hogema-Diepenbrock woman having been Diepenbrock’s next of Saturday violently killed. kin would like to get clarity about 29 September her death. Can you provide this The investigation brought a few by sharing information about this remarkable facts to light. On 29 case? Please contact us via the Sunday Reinder Lulofs found dead (1996) (see week 23) September, one day before the tip-off options described in the 30 September Emerentia Hogema-Diepenbrock found dead (1992) victim was found, an unknown calendar. week 39
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Monday Haarlem: 1 October Murder of drug addict Tuesday irk Schaap (28) from Haarlem single man. He was known in drugs 2 October D was a hard drug user circles and regularly received other who regularly turned up at the drug users at his home. methadone provision location three Wednesday times a week. Everything seemed Dirk Schaap had a sister. Of course 3 October to be pointing in the direction she would like the murder of her of his wanting to get clean and brother to be solved. Can you help getting his life back together. Early her? Thursday Dirk Schaap reported missing (1993) September 1993 he had even been 4 October to the hairdresser’s for the first time in years. The last time Dirk picked up his methadone was on 27 Friday September 1993. Things remained 5 October quiet after that. On Monday 4 October 1993 he was reported missing. Saturday 6 October Police officers checked out his apartment at Hooimarkt 8 in Haarlem. There they found Dirk Sunday Schaap’s body in his bathroom. 7 October It turned out that he had been violently killed. Dirk Schaap was a Dirk Schaap week 40
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Monday Schiedam: Suitcase with body 8 October of unknown dead woman Tuesday gruesome find was made on In 2017 a digital facial 9 October A Wednesday 12 October 2005 reconstruction was made, using the in the water of Thorbeckesingel latest technology. The police would canal near Doctor Kuyperlaan like to know who this young woman Wednesday in Schiedam. This is where a was, and how she was killed. 10 October suitcase was found containing Do you have an answer to one the remains of an unknown of these questions? Then please young woman. Her death turned contact us and share your Thursday out to be the result of a crime. information. 11 October
The suitcase had probably been in the water for two weeks when it Friday Unknown woman found dead in Thorbeckesingel canal in was found. Extensive investigation Schiedam (2005) 12 October was conducted into the victim’s identity, but we still don’t know who this young woman was. She Saturday was between 16 and 22-years-old, 13 October about 1.64m tall and weighed 60kg. The victim had dark blond to brown hair and wore blue sweatpants and Sunday a red T-shirt. 14 October
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Monday Groningen: Mother of two 15 October children missing Tuesday arian Kusters (42) had not have information that would give 16 October M shown up at the methadone her next of kin more clarity about provision location in Groningen. Marian’s fate? Marian’s relatives, This was the reason that an aid including her two sons, would very Wednesday worker reported her missing on much like to know what happened 17 October 14 January 2010. Marian was a to her. prostitute and addicted to drugs.
Thursday In another case involving a missing 18 October prostitute, Kusters pointed out a possible suspect to the police. The case was extensively investigated, Friday but the woman was never found 19 October and the case was never solved. Whether there is a link between the two cases is still a mystery. Saturday 20 October Marian was last seen in the night of 7 to 8 December 2009 at the streetwalking tolerance zone at Sunday Bornholmstraat. It is suspected 21 October that she was murdered, but she has never been found. Do you Marian Kusters week 42
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Monday Putten: Young woman never 22 October returned from bike ride Tuesday n Saturday 6 August 1994, become the victim of a crime. 23 October O Maria van der Zanden (22) left her home in Putten (Gelderland) at Do you have tip-offs that may help about 01:30 p.m. to take her racing us find out the truth so that Maria’s Wednesday bike for a spin. She was lightly next of kin years finally find out 24 October dressed because of the hot weather. what happened to her after more In her backpack she carried her than 23 years? Please contact us via wallet, a few sandwiches and some one of the tip-off options. Thursday personal items. She never returned 25 October after her bike ride, and her bike, too, vanished without a trace.
Friday Her disappearance was extensively 26 October investigated in 1994 and 2005. These investigations made clear that she definitely meant to return Saturday home after her bike ride and had 27 October not intended to leave for good, as she had left her passport at home. In addition she had made several Sunday appointments and planned a 28 October holiday. This means there is serious reason to believe that she has Maria van der Zanden week 43
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Monday Hilversum: 29 October Walking the dog at night Tuesday n Wednesday 30 January 2002 We still don’t know who that man 30 October O at around 0:40am, 72-year-old is. Do you know? Or do you have Martien van der Meijs was stabbed other information that can help the to near his home at Admiraal de progress of this case? Please let us Wednesday Ruyterlaan in Hilversum. know. 31 October An unknown person stabbed him in the back when he was walking his dog that Sunday night. Thursday A neighbour heard Martien scream 1 November and immediately called the police. Martien bled severely and was resuscitated by ambulance staff Friday and the police. He was taken to 2 November hospital, where he died. It then turned out that he had been stabbed in multiple places. Saturday 3 November A security camera was positioned near the place where Martien van der Meijs was stabbed. The footage Sunday around the time of the stabbing 4 November shows an unknown man in light- coloured trousers and a dark jacket. Martien van der Meijs week 44
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Monday The Hague: Victim lying in a 5 November puddle of blood Tuesday he neighbour of 35-year-old acquaintances had tried to contact 6 November T Martin de Bruijn had not seen Martin by telephone. All they got Martin for a few days already. He was his voice on the answering felt this was odd, because Martin’s machine. Wednesday car was parked in front of the 7 November building. In addition, a window was Can you help us give Martin de open at the front of his apartment. Bruijn’s next of kin the peace of Therefore, the neighbour decided mind they deserve? Then share Thursday to check on Martin de Bruijn’s your tip-offs to help the progress 8 November apartment at Westenbergstraat 67 of the investigation. in the Schilderswijk district of The Hague on Wednesday 22 November Friday 1995. 9 November
Martin suffered from asthma, and the neighbour was afraid that Saturday he had fallen sick. He climbed a 10 November ladder up to the open window and had a major fright when he saw Martins remains lying in a large Sunday puddle of blood. Between Friday 11 November 17 November and the day his body was found, several friends and Martin de Bruijn week 45
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Monday Amsterdam: Unknown dead 12 November man in Flevopark Tuesday n the bushes of Flevopark in boots. The man had two tattoos 13 November I Amsterdam, near the pancake on his arms. One of these has a restaurant, the lifeless body of an striking detail: a woman hidden unknown man was found in the underneath an eagle. The police Wednesday morning of Sunday 15 November would like to know who this man 14 November 1998. It turned out that he had been is. He too probably has relatives stabbed and shot, and had died as and friends wondering where he is. a result. He is probably an Eastern Do you have any information that Thursday Unknown man found dead in Flevopark in Amsterdam European man who had only been could reveal the victim’s identity? 15 November (1998) in the Netherlands for a short while. Then contact us via one of the tip- off options. The white male was between 30 Friday and 40-years-old, of normal build 16 November and 1.75m tall. He wore a green sweater with a red collar, brand: Lacoste. Underneath it he also wore Saturday a dark blue Port Islands sweater. 17 November With that he wore leather trousers, brand: Jack Jones, and over these trouser another pair of dark Sunday trousers with pockets on the thighs, 18 November brand: Dockers. He also wore light-coloured Timberland climbing Unknown man week 46
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Monday Amstelveen: Reclusive man 19 November dead in his own home Tuesday n 25 November 2004, relatives by a former neighbour. This conflict 20 November O of Anton van Tienhoven made had escalated to such an extent that a terrible discovery: they found his this man had been evicted from his lifeless body at his home at Van der apartment at Van der Hooplaan. Wednesday Alida Christiana Koo p.m.ans found dead (1988) Hooplaan 86 in Amstelveen. The 21 November (see week 48) man had been violently killed. Van There is nothing the victim’s Tienhoven (60) had lived at Van relatives would like more than to der Hooplaan for about 30 years. solve this case. Can you help them Thursday Martin de Bruijn found dead (1995) (see week 45) It is unclear what happened in the with information? 22 November victim’s home on 25 November 2004. Witnesses last saw the victim on Wednesday 24 November 2004, Friday Failed attack on Johannes Versfeld’s life (2000) between 08:00 p.m. and 08:30 p.m. (see week 52) 23 November At the time he walked from Van der Hooplaan in the direction of the centre of Amstelveen. Saturday 24 November Ever since his wife died about a year earlier, he and his dog had led a reclusive life. He only had regular Sunday Anton van Tienhoven found dead (2004) contact with his relatives and 25 November neighbours. It is known that Van Tienhoven was being threatened Anton van Tienhoven week 47
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Monday Den Haag: Maid finds woman 26 November dead in house Tuesday n 21 November 1988 at around produced any concrete leads to the 27 November O 07:00 a.m., Alida Christiana probable perpetrator(s). Koopmans’ maid unsuspectingly entered the house in The Hague. Ms Koopmans death struck her Wednesday Before she entered the home family and friends like lightning. 28 November of 63-year-old Ms Koopmans at All they wish for is that the case Mankesstraat 43, she had noticed be solved. Can you help them with that all the lights were on. Once in more details about her death? Thursday the hall of the house, the maid was 29 November in for the shock of her life. This is where she found the dead body of Ms Koopmans, with a large puddle Friday of blood around her head. 30 November
Ms Koopmans was a very active woman. At 63 she studied classic Saturday languages at the Faculty of Arts of 1 December Leiden University. She was also one of the (major) shareholders in Koopmans Meelfabrieken, a large Sunday company in Leeuwarden. The victim 2 December lived alone and independently in her house. The investigation has not yet Alida Christiana Koopmans week 48
Tips: 0800 - 6070 — [email protected] November Monday ’s-Gravenzande: Unknown 3 December dead man in Staelduinsebos Tuesday n 9 December 2007, the Or can you maybe tell us something 4 December O remains of an unknown man about his tattoos? were found in Staelduinsebos woods in ’s-Gravenzande. It was Wednesday a white man aged 25 to 30. He 5 December was 1.80m tall, had short dark hair, a stubble beard and brown eyes. He had a small colourful Thursday tattoo on the inside of his right 6 December leg. On his right upper arm he had a tattoo of an eye.
Friday The man was dressed in a white 7 December T-shirt, with the text Northern Sideloaders LTD on the front. The back read Commandeurs Saturday Marian Kusters last seen (2009) (see week 42) Sideloaders. With that he wore a 8 December black sweater, a khaki-beige coat with a fur collar, brown corduroy trousers and beige suede shoes. Sunday Unknown man found dead in Staelduinsebos woods in 9 December ‘s-Gravenzande (2007) Do you know anything about this man’s identity? Unknown man week 49
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Monday Zwolle: Violent murder of 10 December ‘de kolenboer’ Tuesday n Wednesday 14 December company. Zunnebeld went out 11 December O 1994, 75-year-old coal nearly every evening. He usually salesman (kolenboer) Harry left the house for a walk at around Zunnebeld was found dead in 10:30 p.m. Wednesday his home at Van Nahuysplein 12 December in Zwolle. The man, who lived He had a fixed route to the alone, had died as a post box, mostly result of excessive to post business Thursday violence. He had been correspondence. He 13 December kicked, beaten, and then nearly always had multiple bone went straight to fractures and internal Eekhout park, a Friday Harry Zunnebeld found dead (1994) bleedings. Harry meeting place for gay 14 December Zunnebeld probably men. Harry was well died early that night. known in the park Harry Zunnebeld where he was not Saturday The victim was an avid stamp only known as ‘de Kolenboer’, but 15 December collector. He had lived at Van also as ‘Grandpa of the park’. The Nahuysplein in the old centre of murder was never solved, which Zwolle for many years, and was Zunnebeld’s next of kin regret Sunday locally known as ‘de kolenboer’, greatly. Can you help them with 16 December because he was the owner of the more information? Wolter’s Steenkolen (coal) fuel week 50
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Monday Epe: 17 December Killed in the woods Tuesday is green VW Golf with involvement in the murder could 18 December H registration number ZT-81- never been proven. NS was found at the beginning After all these years, Chris v.d. of a path into the woods. Chris Werken’s family would still very Wednesday v.d. Werken (43) from Nunspeet much like to know what happened 19 December himself was found in the afternoon to him. Can you help solve the of Sunday 22 December 1996. His murder of the environmental lifeless body was discovered at officer? Thursday Gortelseweg in the woods near Epe 20 December (Gelderland). He had been killed by pistol shots. There were no eye witnesses of the crime, but several Friday people stated to have heard the 21 December shots.
Chris v.d. Werken was married and Saturday Chris v.d. Werken found dead (1996) lived with his family in Nunspeet. 22 December He worked as an environmental officer for the Intermunicipal Partnership at Noordwest Veluwe. Sunday An extensive investigation 23 December was launched, which produced several suspects. However, their Chris van de Werken week 51
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Monday ’t Zandt: 24 December Bomb exploded under car Tuesday Unknown woman found dead in woods in hile he drove on the A28 clear who was behind the attack. 25 December Teteringen (1990) (see week 12) Wmotorway near Nunspeet, Do you have more information? a bomb suddenly exploded under the car of Johannes Versfeld. Wednesday The 45-year-old inhabitant 26 December of ’t Zandt in the province of Groningen was seriously injured. He survived the attack at 08:00 Thursday p.m. on 23 November 2000, but 27 December became disabled as a result of the explosion. It was a miracle that the 10-year-old boy who was also in Friday the car remained unharmed. 28 December
Versfeld was a known soft drugs dealer. We suspect that the attack Saturday on his life was a liquidation 29 December attempt. Though the attack failed, it goes without saying that it had a major impact on himself, his family Sunday and in particular on the 10-year-old 30 December boy. Therefore it is vital to people directly involved that it will become Johannes Versfeld week 52
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