The 22-year-old man who was arrested in the night from Friday to Saturday in the missing case involving Gino van der Straeten (9) is known to the police and the judiciary.
The police have not made any further statements as to the facts involved. The man will be presented to the examining magistrate next week.
Press conference
The body found in Geleen belongs to the missing boy since Wednesday. The police confirmed this at a press conference about the missing case. The press conference can be viewed here.
Body Gino
“We have searched with man and power together with the family and a lot of volunteers,” says Xander Beenhakkers of the police. “That led to a suspect on Friday afternoon. We found Gino’s body on the indication of the suspect.”
Playground
The boy, who actually lives in Maastricht, disappeared from a playground on Zonstraat in Kerkrade on Wednesday evening. On Thursday evening, a scooter was found in Landgraaf that resembles Gino’s scooter. Clothes were also found Friday evening that may have something to do with the case.
Body
On Saturday morning, a body was found in Geleen near a house on Opbraakstraat near Landgraaf, a relatively young part of the Lindenheuvel district. The police already took ‘serious account’ that it would be the missing boy. That is now confirmed.
Judge Commissioner
Here is In the night from Friday to Saturday, a 22-year-old man from Geleen was arrested. It would be Donny M. Deputy chief officer Henk van der Meijden cannot say anything about the borrower. “The suspect is in restrictions to allow the investigation to take place as objectively as possible,” he says. “I can only say that the suspect will be brought before the examining magistrate next week.”
Also read: Quest Gino: body found in Geleen
Depression
In recent days, many people have searched for the boy. Volunteers who searched Kerkrade and Landgraaf for the missing Gino van der Straeten reacted with dismay at the discovery of a body on Saturday morning in Geleen.
Also read: Defeat of volunteers Gino searches
Photos on social media
Photos and names of the possible suspect are being circulated on social media. The police report on Twitter that these cases do not concern the arrested suspect. “We urgently request that these images be removed and not shared,” the police wrote.
Names and photos of someone linked to Gino’s disappearance are circulating on social media. This is NOT about the suspect in this case. We urgently request that these images be removed and not shared. The suspect arrested is a 22-year-old man from #Geleen†
— Limburg Police Unit (@POL_Limburg) June 4, 2022