The dead person found in Koewacht at the beginning of this week is a 64-year-old woman from Ostend. After an intensive search, the police have now also been able to arrest a suspect: a 32-year-old young man who knew the victim. His motives are still unknown.
The woman was found on Tuesday on the Emmabaan in Koewacht. The police immediately suspected that a crime had been committed. The Belgian police followed the case with suspicion and rightly so, as it now appears. The body was initially difficult to identify, but when it finally succeeded, the trail led to Belgium. The victim turns out to be a 64-year-old woman from Ostend and the Belgian police were able to get to work with that information.
Relationship unclear
The case was given absolute priority by the Bruges court. An emergency meeting was held on Friday morning with the investigating judge, the public prosecutor’s office and several police officers. Even then it was clear that the perpetrator had to be found in the vicinity of the victim. The investigators quickly got a suspect in sight: a 32-year-old young man who knew the widow personally. But what relationship the two had to each other is still unclear.
The fact that the investigation had suddenly gained momentum was also apparent from the woman’s apartment. Policemen were busy there all day Friday. Local residents were questioned and a thorough trace investigation was carried out. The letters “CSI” — Crime Scene Investigation — on the sweaters of some detectives indicated how thorough this investigation had to be conducted.
Internationally sent
In the meantime, the perpetrator was still on the run, but the police were hot on his heels. He was spotted internationally and eventually ran into the lamp on Saturday afternoon. “It concerns a man from 1990,” says Fien Maddens, prosecutor at the Bruges public prosecutor’s office. “In the interest of the investigation, we will not specify in which country he was arrested. The investigating judge has issued an arrest warrant in absentia. ”
The suspect is currently in a cell. Perhaps Belgium will ask to extradite him and if that has happened, he can be interrogated. It is still unclear whether he has already made any confessions.
The discovery of the body caused a lot of unrest in Koewacht. It was the talk of the town for days.
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