Decapitated woman found in Hellevoetsluis home; Son, 31, arrested with head on highway
The police found the decapitated body of a 63-year-old woman in her home in Hellevoetsluis on Wednesday afternoon. Her son, a 31-year-old man from Diemen, was arrested on the A4 between Rotterdam and Delft a short time later. He had his mother’s head in the car with him, sources told AD.
The police did not confirm this, only saying that a 63-year-old woman was found killed in her home on Molenlaan and that a 31-year-old man from Diemen was arrested as a suspect on the A4. The police responded to the home at around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to AD’s sources, the police stopped the man’s car on the A4 near Schipluiden and found the 63-year-old woman’s head in the vehicle. They arrested the suspect and took him to a police station. The police placed black screens around the car for forensic investigation, closing one lane of the highway to give officers space and privacy to work.
A neighbor told AD that she saw the woman coming home with bags full of shopping shortly before her death. She heard a loud noise a short time later. “It was like an animal being abused.” Another neighbor said he heard a woman scream and a deep male voice. But because there are also noisy young people in the neighborhood, it did not immediately alarm him.
The street was filled with police cars not much later. The police cordoned off the area around the house for investigation.
A blood trail can be seen from a few meters in front of the house, leading towards the nearby Peperstraat, where the woman parked her car, the neighbors said. According to the newspaper, surveillance camera footage shows the son walking towards his mother’s car with a blue bag.
A neighbor said that the son no longer lived with the victim, but had been visiting for a few days.
