A 66-year-old Dutchman that was sentenced to a 29-year prison sentence earlier this year for the murder of his then girlfriend in 2008 has been added to the Federal Police’s most wanted list. Wilhelmus Beckmann was sentenced in his absence for the murder and is still at large.
Dutch fugitive that killed his girlfriend added to Federal Police's most wanted list
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In 2008 Wilhelmus Beckmann killed his girlfriend in Merksplas (Antwerp Province) and then tried to stage a violent robbery. He set the villa where he and his girlfriend lived on fire in an effort to cover up the gunshot wounds on his dead girlfriend’s body.
He was arrested soon after the murder but was released awaiting his trial. However, he absconded and is still on the run. At his trial in January this year he was sentenced in his absence to 29 years in prison. Wilhelmus Beckmann was placed on the Federal Police most wanted list at the request of the Antwerp prosecutor’s office.