Willem Van Eijk Serial Killer Known
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Spter trat er in das Priesterseminar des Bistums Roermond in Kerkrade ein und begann das Studium der Philosophie und der Katholischen Theologie. Bis 1979 arbeitete er als Arzt fr Innere Medizin. 1978 schloss er das Studium der Medizin an der Universitt von Amsterdam ab.
VictimsWillem van Eijk op het moordende pad. During this time he started to dream about raping and killing women. Still a loner when attending high school, Van Eijk committed petty crimes. He soon gained notoriety in his home village for his cruelty towards animals especially dogs, cats, and ducks. During this time of extreme bullying, Willem started to collect morbid items, such as dead bugs and frogs. During his time at an elementary school in Ter Aar he was an outcast and referred to as “Gekke Willempje” (Crazy little William), something he later used to justify his actions.
Having missed her bus ride home after meeting with her boyfriend in Amsterdam, Van Eijk found her hitchhiking. Cora Mantel – In 1971 he picked up the 15-year-old Cora Mantel from Uithoorn. Uit psychiatrische rapporten komt Van Eijk naar voren als een man met ernstige jeugdtrauma’s als gevolg van afwijzingen en pesterijen van (vooral) vrouwen. Hij droomt van het verkrachten en vermoorden van vrouwen.
Aaltje van der Plaat – On 19 August 1974 the lifeless body of 43-year-old Aaltje van der Plaat was found near a road inside a cornfield. Genealogy for Willem van Eijk (1716 - 1761) family tree on Geni, with over 225 million profiles of ancestors and living. Because on the morning of the murder she was to start her new job at a jewelry store in Aalsmeer, the jeweler was, for a short period of time, a suspect.Genealogy profile for Willem van Eijk. Her body was found on 22 June 1971.
The details of the murders, as revealed during the trial, were so horrifying that several judiciary guards vomited. The police arrested Van Eijk and he immediately confessed to the murders of Cora and Aaltje.In 1975, Van Eijk was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment and TBS. Several witnesses had seen Van Eijk ride his moped on the evening the body was found, near the area where the body was found. Willem van Eijk lived in a houseboat named De Vrijheid (The Freedom) at the end of the road.
In 1990 he was released and together they moved into a house in Harkstede. In 1980, while still in remand, he married his penfriend Adri. During his therapy at the Van Mesdagkliniek, psychiatrists speculated that his deviant behavior was the result of brain damage sustained during his birth.
It turned out to be Michelle Fatol. Antoanella Bertholda (Michelle) Fatol – In November 1993 in a ditch near the village Enumatil the corpse of a 23-year-old prostitute was found. The relationship turned out to be a downward spiral for Van Eijk.
They were found to have been thrown into the canal in a plastic bag weighted with stones.Because Schenker’s clothes were found near Van Eijk’s house, he became a prime suspect and on 12 November 2001, police arrested Van Eijk. Her clothes were found several months later near Van Eijk’s house. Sasja Schenker – On 17 July 2001 the lifeless, naked body of the 34-year-old prostitute Sasja Schenker was found in the Slochterdiep near Harkstede. Several years later both murderers of these two women were caught. In 1997, Van Eijk was a suspect for the murder of Anne de Ruyter de Wildt, and in 2000 for the murder of Marianne Vaatstra however, DNA tests proved his innocence in these cases. Annelies Reinders – On 21 January 1995 the body of the 31-year-old prostitute Annelies Reinder was found in the Eemskanaal near Appingedam.Between his release and his second arrest there were eight prostitutes, and several other young women murdered in and around the area of Van Eijk’s residence.
When Van Eijk officially declared a suspect in murdering Shirley, Willem Anker dropped his client. Trial and sentenceAt the start of the trial Van Eijk was represented by lawyer Willem Anker, much to the astonishment of the relatives of Shirley Hereijgers, as Willem Anker also represented them. Willem van Eijk never confessed to killing these women, however, it is publicly believed he is responsible. Several other men were suspected of these killings, but all turned out to be innocent. Around the same time, Jolanda Meijer (35), Hereijger’s friend and colleague also disappeared.
Van Eijk several times requested clemency, which in the Netherlands can only be given by the head of state, and all of the requests were denied. Van Eijk appealed, but the Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld the ruling.
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