Mother, son found dead in Voorburg apartment block
Two bodies were found in an apartment building on Klaverweide in Voorburg on Wednesday afternoon. The victims are a 57-year-old man and his 87-year-old mother. The elderly woman was murdered, according to the police in a statement.
The man's body was found on the sidewalk near the entrance of the apartment building. The woans body was found inside the building. A trace evidence investigation revealed that she was murdered. The son's cause of death is still unclear. "The investigation is still ongoing", a police spokesperson said to AD. "The examination of the facts is not yet complete. The potential role of the deceased 57-year-old son is being investigated."
The police closed down the street immediately after the discovery of the bodies and launched a large scale investigation.
Local residents were shocked by what happened. "Two dead people. Horrible. This is such a quiet neighborhood", 27-year-old Francine, who could not get to her flat after work due to the investigation, said to the newspaper. "No, I really don't know who they are. I hope that they are not acquaintances."
