A search operation has been launched in Bruges (West Flanders) for a 61-year-old woman. Maria Decuyper from Koolkerke (West Flanders) has not been seen since New Year's Eve. The Civil Protection Agency and the police are searching in the canal near the to the Kruispoort, as well as other locations.
Search operation launched in Bruges for 61-year -old woman missing since New Year's Eve
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People in the area know Maria Decuyper as Bernadette. The 61-year-old woman from Koolkerke celebrated the New Year’s Eve at Santa Cruz café in the Sint-Kruis area of Bruges. She left the bar at around 00.45h on Wednesday morning. Since then, she has not been seen.
Dark trousers, woolen jumper and a backpack
The police and the prosecutor's office consider her disappearance to be alarming and have issued an appeal for information regarding Maria Decuyper’s whereabouts. On Thursday morning a search got underway. This includes a search of the Ringvaart Canal, near to the Kruispoort.
Maria Decuyper is around 1.67 metres tall and is of normal build. She has acajou dyed shoulder-length hair. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing dark trousers and a patterned woolen jumper. She was carrying a black backpack.