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In that statement on video, an emotional B. again cites his previous denial. “I have said before that I have nothing to do with the kidnapping, abuse and death of Nicky. I’ve been walking around with a secret for a long time. The longer that lasted, the more difficult it became to do something with it. ”

According to B., he found the lifeless body of Nicky Verstappen in 1998 in the woods near Brunssummerheide. “Curious as I am, I went there. I saw something, climbed over the fence as quickly as possible. It was a child. I looked for breathing, checked if there was a heartbeat. I touched it on the clothes. He had passed away. I don’t know how long I sat in that place. I didn’t know what to do. ”

B. did not dare go to the police, he says: „To the police? But who would believe me? I had a past. That was in my head, I didn’t know what to do. At one point, I felt like I was being watched. I left as soon as possible. Back home.”

When B. cycled onto the heath to report that he had found a child, it turned out that Nicky’s body had already been discovered. “The need to report that I had found him was no longer there. I said nothing.”

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