Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Dutch police
A sign hanging in front of a Dutch police post - Credit: M.M.Minderhoud via Michiel1972 / Wikimedia Commons - License: CC-BY-SA
Crime
Belgium
body stuffed in suitcase
Borgharenweg
dead body
Germany
Maas
Maastricht
police
Servaasbrug
victim's identity
Monday, 31 August 2015 - 09:08

Share this article:

Woman's body stuffed in suitcase found floating down river

A suitcase containing the lifeless body of a woman was found floating in the Maas river in Maastricht on Friday. The police are asking the public's help to identify the victim. The gruesome discovery was made in the Maas on Borgharenweg on Friday. The police believe that the suitcase may have been dumped into the river from the Servaasbrug on Tuesday. The victim is a Caucasian woman with a medium build. She is about 1.7 meters tall and weighs 71 kilograms. The police estimates her age between 40 and 60 years. She has brown, wavy hair down to her neck and brown-green colored eyes. She was wearing a gold colored ring on the ring finger of her right hand and golden studs with a stone in them in both her ears. The victim was wearing dark blue trousers, a multi-colored T-shirt and black socks. She has no other identifying features on her body. A photo of the victim can be viewed here, though be warned that the image may be disturbing to sensitive viewers. The police have also spread the woman's description and picture through Germany and Belgium. A investigation team, containing 10 detectives, are working on the case. An autopsy will be performed on the victim's body to determine the cause of death.

More like this

Image
Femi Kuti and The Positive Force, seen in 2025
Femi Kuti kicks off European tour in the Netherlands this week
Image
The Europol headquarters in The Hague, 2019
Dutch police help with major EU bust of synthetic drug ring; "Largest ever operation"
Image
Cash seized by the German police during an international drug bust in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, 10 October 2024
One arrest in Netherlands as German police bust international drug network
Image
Identify Me campaign part two, 8 October 2024
Two new Dutch cases in second international campaign to ID murdered women
Make NL Times your top Google source

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Incoming Heineken chief receives 25 million euro share package
  • New Utrecht Council to push home construction, low-cost housing; Property tax up 15%
  • Wildfire risk rises as heat drives up drought pressure across the Netherlands
  • Man held for armed robbery of bound sex workers near The Hague facing 7 years in prison
  • Life sentence sought for Dutch-Rwandan man over massacre of 3,000 Tutsi in 1994 genocide

Top stories

  • Life sentence sought for Dutch-Rwandan man over massacre of 3,000 Tutsi in 1994 genocide
  • Dutch official joins EU talks with Taliban on return of rejected asylum seekers
  • NS cancelling trains on key routes this week due to heat; Passengers will need water
  • Heineken board taps JDE Peet’s exec. Rafa Oliveira as new CEO
  • More Dutch households can't make ends meet; Over half of young adults struggling

© 2012-2026, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Change Privacy Settings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Partner Content