Pim Fortuyn's brother wants investigation into murder weapon DNA 22 years after murder
22 years after the murder of Pim Fortuyn, there is still a mystery about the gun Volkert van der G. used to kill him. DNA was found on the firearm that did not belong to Volkert but matched DNA found on a balaclava left behind after a ram raid in Emmen in December 2001. Fortuyn’s brother, Simon Fortuyn, is calling for the police to run this DNA sample through international databases as well, AD reports.
A new documentary on infamous Dutch murders by Sinan Can recently revealed that the police were investigating that DNA trace as recently as this summer. “With today’s advanced DNA techniques, we may finally be able to tie up some loose ends in this case,” Simon Fortuyn said in the documentary. “Consider this a cold case. This is a historic murder, and we need to know everything. I want to know who else had that weapon in their hands.”
Can agrees with Fortuyn’s brother. “Also, because there are still conspiracy theories going around that Volkert did not act alone. If the DNA is examined internationally, it could possibly yield new information about the origin of the weapon and the role of any people involved in this shocking murder,” he said. “Did the person who previously held the weapon know what Volkert planned to do with it?”
The weapon was made in a factory in Northern Spain and ended up in Belgium in 1992. Then it disappeared for ten years before surfacing when Van der G. used it to shoot Pim Fortuyn dead at the Mediapark in Hilversum on 6 May 2002. It is unclear who owned the firearm in those ten years. “The bookkeeping in Belgium seems to have disappeared,” Can said.
