A bag found floating in the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal in Helmond on Thursday morning contained the lifeless body of a man, the police confirmed. The identity of the victim and cause of his death are still under investigation. But given the circumstances in which the body was found, the police believe he was murdered.
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Apr 25 '16 08:01
A team of Dutch investigators is heading to Uganda on Monday to search for Amsterdam medical student Sophia Koetsier, who went missing in the African country in October last year. Her parents raised the money necessary for this investigation.
Apr 21 '16 09:02
The body of missing Norwegian Kay-Morton Rasmussen was found in the water of the Dijks canal in Amsterdam on Wednesday afternoon. His body was found near Hannekes Boom - the waterfront cafe where he was last seen on April 8th.
Apr 18 '16 09:08
The Zuid-Limburg town of Gulpen is desperately searching for two Eritrean brothers who disappeared from the asylum center in the town on Saturday
Apr 13 '16 14:40
Friends, family and the police are looking for 27-year-old Kay-Morten Rasmussen, who went missing in Amsterdam early on Saturday morning.
Apr 12 '16 07:26
Jan Baarssen, the teenager who went missing in Urk on Friday, was found dead during the early hours of Tuesday. His body was found in the Urkervaart canal. The police are investigating his death.
Apr 11 '16 09:47
Friends, family and police are looking for 17 year old Jan Baarssen. He disappeared in Urk on Friday night and, despite several tips, is still missing, a police spokesperson said to Omroep Flevoland.
Apr 8 '16 12:10
A young man with Down's Syndrome that went missing from Alkmaar on Thursday, was found safe and sound in Maastricht a few hours later. It turns out that he was not so much missing, as on an adventure.
Apr 7 '16 16:10
The police received five tips regarding the disappearance and death of Susanna Boon, an Amsterdam woman whose body was found in Nunspeet last week
Mar 23 '16 17:58
At least three Dutch people are missing in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands confirmed Wednesday evening. Two of those missing, siblings Alexander and Sascha Pinczowski, had just finished visiting family and friends in Maastricht.
Mar 4 '16 14:55
The parents of missing Polish man Tomasz Kosmala are convinced he was murdered. They called in the help of lawyer Sebastien Diekstra and reported a crime to the police, in an effort to force the judiciary to investigate the disappearance of their 20-year-old-son
Feb 23 '16 13:10
The police believe that Andy de Heus, who went missing in 2012, was murdered. His body was found in a pond in Stevensweert last week.
Feb 2 '16 07:27
A man's body was found around 11:00 p.m. on Monday night in Amsterdam canal Herengracht, where the police were looking for missing British tourist Richard Cole. The police are currently working on identifying the body.
Jan 7 '16 11:04
The police found the body of missing Jesse van Wieren in the garden of a home on Hoofdstraat in Kloosterburen on Wednesday. The 28 year old Groningen man went missing early on New Year's morning after leaving a bar near the garden where his body was found. Two people were arrested, a 25 year old man and a 27 year old woman, both from Kloosterburen.
Dec 17 '15 15:30
The police found a box which they believe may contain the remains of a long-time missing elderly woman in her home in Oirsbeek on Thursday. The woman's son, who was living in the home, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in her disappearance.
Dec 10 '15 12:03
The Amsterdam police arrested a 47 year old man from Leidschendam last week in connection with the disappearance of Deborah Rosiek from Amsterdam in 2003. The police call the arrest a "possible breakthrough" in the case.
Dec 2 '15 16:29
A dive team working in the area around the Oudeschans canal in Amsterdam centrum recovered a body late Wednesday afternoon while searching for clues connected to the disappearance of tourist Christopher Nelson. The Scotsman disappeared early Saturday morning when he left a friend's flat on Rechtboomssloot to go for a walk and clear his head.
Nov 30 '15 13:40
Sniffer dogs picked up the scent of missing Scottish tourist Chris Nelson, who disappeared from Recht Boomsloop in Amsterdam on November 15th. Based on what the dogs found, it is now clear that Nelson walked along a lot of the Oudeschans and crossed the Keizersbrug. The police are working with these new leads.
Nov 25 '15 14:35
A 61 year old Utrecht man was arrested after walking into the police station and telling officers that there was a dead body in his car.
Nov 23 '15 14:37
Divers searched the waters of the Oudezijds Voorbugwal in Amsterdam on Sunday, looking for missing tourist Chris Nelson, who's been missing in the city since November 15th. The search was to no avail, the 24 year old Scotsman is still missing.
Jul 28 '15 12:06
Amina El Bahmouti, the 15 year old girl who rescued a toddler from drowning in Rotterdam last year, has gone missing. She was last seen in Capelle aan den IJssel on June 16th.
Jul 27 '15 15:01
The missing 13 year old girl from Spijkenisse has been found. According to the police, she is in good health and doing well. A 41 year old man has been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
Jul 23 '15 08:25
An 84 year old lady, who is suffering from a form of dementia, disappeared from a nursing home in Havelte on Tuesday afternoon. The police launched a search for her, but by late Wednesday she still had not been found.
Jul 7 '15 08:16
A desperate search is ongoing in Reeuwijk for a missing boy of about 15 years old.
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