A body was found in Geleen on Saturday morning in the search for Gino van der Straeten. The police “take serious account of the missing Gino”, it just announced.
The body was found near the house on Opbraakstraat in the Landgraaf district, where a suspect in the case was arrested in the night from Friday to Saturday.
Suspect
The man who is detained because of the disappearance of nine-year-old Gino van der Straeten is ‘currently’ suspected of kidnapping. It would be 22-year-old Donny M. from Geleen, although the police cannot confirm this yet. The man is known to the police and the judiciary, but lawyer Sjanneke de Crom does not want to comment further. “This man is my client, but I will not go into this or any previous cases,” she told L1.
Research Geleen
The man was arrested in the night from Friday to Saturday and has since been interviewed by the police. The police are now busy investigating in and around the place where the man was arrested. A green strip with a play area at the Opbraakstraat is currently closed off. Officers and detectives are combing the area.
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Fire
Reporter Frank Moonen reports that the body was found on the border of the garden where the suspect was arrested and a green area. He also reports that the house where the body was found had been uninhabited for several weeks after a fire.
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