Three months after the murder of widow Marleen (64), ‘friend with benefits’ (32) confesses: ‘I strangled her and dumped her in the Netherlands’

“She threatened to go to the police.” The main suspect in the murder of Marleen Van Leeuw (64) has finally confessed after three months. Why did Elvir S. (32) strangled his youngest child’s godmother and then dumped her body with the help of his cousin? How S.’s sex, money and gambling addiction led to Marleen’s death. And how a stroke of genius drove the fleeing killer into the arms of the police. A reconstruction.

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