Femicide
A man killed his 43-year-old wife in an apartment building on the Aarschotbaan in Beerzel (Putte) on Sunday night. The 62-year-old perpetrator subsequently fled to the Netherlands and was intercepted there. The public prosecutor’s office has requested his extradition.
The victim’s body was found at night in her apartment in Beerzel. The laboratory of the Federal Judicial Police (FGP) and a medical examiner arrived on the scene. “The initial findings show that the woman was killed violently,” said public prosecutor’s office spokesperson Lieselotte Claessens. “An investigating judge has been requested for murder.”
The suspect is a 62-year-old man with Dutch nationality. He fled and was intercepted by car at the Ulvenhout exit, towards Breda. The man has been transferred to a Dutch prison. The public prosecutor’s office is requesting his extradition. No more information is currently known about a possible motive for the murder. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the facts did take place within a relational context.
