The dead person found on Wednesday evening in the Wilhelmina Canal in Best is a 50-year-old man from Eindhoven. The police made this known at the beginning of the evening on Thursday. Earlier it was already known that the police take into account a crime.
How the man died and how he ended up in the canal is still under investigation.
The report about the death came to the control room shortly before eight o’clock on Wednesday evening. The report about a person in the water came shortly before eight o’clock in the evening. The police and fire brigade went to search and indeed found a body in the water. That was brought to the side with a boat.
The forensic team then spent the entire evening searching the canal for traces.
Further research
The police are calling on people to share tips and / or camera images with them. “Any clue can help,” they say on their website. “You can do this via 0900-8844 or anonymously: 0800-7000.”
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