Two boys arrested separately in teen girl's deaths

By Janene Pieters on June 5, 2017 - 12:04
Savannah Dekker (left) and Romy Nieuwburg (right) - two 14-year-old girls found dead within 15 kilometers of each other during the first weekend in June 2017
Savannah Dekker (left) and Romy Nieuwburg (right) - two 14-year-old girls found dead within 15 kilometers of each other during the first weekend in June 2017. (Photos: Facebook)

The police arrested two teenage boys during the early hours of Monday morning in connection with the deaths of 14-year-old girls Savannah Dekker and Romy Nieuwburg, the police said in a statement. At this stage te police believe the girls' deaths are unrelated and investigators are treating them as separate cases. 

Savannah Dekker on Thursday. She was  in Bunschoten on Sunday. A 16-year-old boy from Den Bosch was arrested in connection with her death.  was , Utrecht on Friday afternoon. She disappeared while cycling home to Hoevelaken from her school in De Glind earlier that afternoon. A 14-year-old boy from Ede was arrested in this case. According to the police, he is suspected of involvement in her death.

Both girls' families were informed about the arrests. How the boys are connected to these cases is unclear. 

Two men reported to the police station on Monday, claiming that they've been wrongly associated with the two girls' deaths, AD reports. A picture of the two men appeared on social media with a story that they've been in the area over he past days. According to the men, the photo was taken by RTV Utrecht while they were in line to sign up to help search for Savannah in Bunschoten on Sunday morning.

"We volunteered", they said, according to AD. "We are also parents of young children." According to the men, a "compassionate search" ended in "a nightmare" for them. 

A police spokesperson confirmed to AD that the two men reported to the police voluntarily. 

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