Arnhem transgender prostitute murdered by client: report

A transgender woman killed in a home in Arnhem on Friday worked as a prostitute and was almost certainly killed by the first customer she had in Arnhem, De Gelderlander reports based on its own research. According to the newspaper, the victim was stabbed to death.

The transgender woman from Venezuela, who worked under the name Bianca, worked as a prostitute in Rotterdam. She came to Arnhem because she heard there was enough work in the city, according to the newspaper. She sublet a space in a home on Van Oldenbarnevedtstraat, arriving late on Thursday night. Her first customer made an appointment at the home for 9:00 a.m. on Friday morning. 

What happened then is not completely clear. What is clear is that the woman was killed in the home between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. on Friday morning. The woman who found the body told the newspaper that there were blood smears on the walls. Five plastic bags and a suitcase were found in an alley behind the home - these too were covered in blood. They contained jewelry, a cellphone, an iPad and blood covered clothing and cloths. It is believed that the perpetrator left them behind during his flight. He also left bloody footprints for dozens of meters in the neighborhood, according to the newspaper. 

According to the Gelderlander, Bianca advertised her services on several websites. "I'm brunette and naturally have long hair, attractive lips and smooth skin", she described herself on the sites. She also wrote that she is always alone. On the websites she said she was 22-years-old. Though colleagues told the newspaper she is actually 27, and the police put her age at 32.