A further 25 new cases have been added to Operation Identify Me, an operation launched by Interpol and police services from several European countries to find the identity of woman whose bodies have been found, for the most part in suspicious circumstances.
Interpol appeals for help from the public to identify the bodies of 25 women, including 2 Belgians
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The police services in Belgium are among those taking part in the international police operation. When it was launched in May last year’s Operation Identify Me sought to identify the remains of 22 women. It received around 1,800 tips.
One of the cases, that of the British woman Rita Roberts, who was murdered in Antwerp in 1991 has since been resolved.
Interpol is now adding a further 25 cases to Operation Identify Me, 2 of which are from Belgium. This brings the total number of as yet unresolved cases to 46.
Liège and Ostend
The 2 Belgian cases concern women aged between 60 and 80.
The 1st woman’s body was found in the River Meuse in Liège in 2010. The woman is 1.53m tall and of normal build. She has grey hair and blue eyes. A dark brown walking stick was found close to her body. The woman was also wearing several items of jewellery.
The second case concerns a woman whose bodfy was found in the Vaargeul in Ostend in august 2022. She had brown hair that had been dyed blond. She was probably born between 1952 and 1962.
Further information can be found on the Interpol (English) or the Federal Police (Dutch, French, German) websites.