The search for the remains of Heidi De Schepper in Balen (Antwerp Province) has been halted. Then 26, Heidi De Schepper went missing in 2010. Her disappearance went unnoticed for more than 14 years. It is likely that she was murdered and 2 suspects have confessed to involvement in her death.
The Antwerp prosecutor’s office reports that after 12 days an intensive search in the Poeierstraat in Balen by the local and federal judicial police services, the Missing Persons’ Cell and the Civil Protection Agency has been called off.
However, the criminal investigation into her death remains ongoing. At this stage of the investigation the prosecutor’s office wishes to make no further comment.
The Heidi De Schepper case
Heidi De Schepper disappeared in the summer of 2010 in Balen when she was 26. Her disappearance was never reported. It was only last year that police started an investigation they were contacted by the school attended by one of her 3 children.
3 suspects, including her then partner, were arrested. One of the suspects, 33-year-old Nick Geys, previously served time in prison for murder. He is also alleged to have killed Heidi De Schepper.
A third suspect, a 39-year-old man, has made a partial confession. Meanwhile, Heidi De Schepper’s former partner has remained silent about any involvement he might have had in her death.