The police have launched a search operation that they say will take several days following a DNA match on a stull found in the Limburg municipality of Maasmechelen in 1991. A DNA sample taken from the skull matched that of Angelique Hendrix, who went missing from a village just across the Dutch border in 1990. Around 50 people are involved in the search that it is hoped will lead to a breakthrough in the 34-year-old cold case.
Search operation under way in 34-year-old cold case following DNA match with skull found in Maasmechelen
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18-year-old Angelique Hendrix disappeared in July 1990 while riding her bike in Stein, a small village a just across the border from Maasmechelen in the Dutch province of Limburg. There has been no trace of her ever since. As we reported last week Angelique Hendrix’s DNA had been found to match a sample taken from a skull discovered in 1991. It is 100% certain that the skull is Angelique Hendrix’s. When it was discovered 33 years ago no link was made with the Dutch teenager’s disappearance a year earlier.
In recent weeks the police have given little if any detail about the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the skull in 1991. No other human remains were found. It is possible that the police are now searching for the rest of Angelique Hendrix’s body. The skull found in 1991 was reportedly discovered by hikers that were walking in a nature reserve.
The search that is currently ongoing is being carried in cooperation with the Dutch police that are leading the investigation into Angelique Hendrix’s disappearance and murder. The search, involving 50 detectives, will last several days.
The Angelique Hendrix case is also being linked to the disappearance of Mirjam Verboort, who was a friend of Angelique. Mirjam Verboort disappeared in 1996. Her remains were found two years later in Stein. It is possible that the police believe that Angelique Hendrix and Mirjam Verboort were killed by the same person.