Human remains found in a house in the Brussels municipality of Vorst last summer are those of a North Macedonian man that had been missing for more than 20 years. Redzep Rahmanovski went missing in the summer of 2023. The police have now issued an all-points bulletin in the hope of learning more about Mr Rahmanovski and his disappearance.
Remains of man missing for more than 20 years found in the cellar of a house in Brussels
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On Wednesday 16 July 2025 workers renovating a house on the Koning Trésigniestraat in Vorst found a human skeleton in the cellar. Now, more than 6 months later, there is more information about the identity of the person whose remains were found. He is Redzep Rahmanovski, a man that was born in 1976 in what is now North Macedonia.
On the evening of 16 July 2003, he left the restaurant on the Kaasmarkt in Brussels where he worked and was never seen again. There was no sign of Mr Rahmanovski until 22 years to the day after his disappearance his remains were found in the cellar of his house around 5km from where he was last seen. What happened to him and how he came to be in the cellar are still a mystery.
The police are now appealing for witnesses or people that might have information that could shine some light on his disappearance. In the all-points notice that they have issued the police assure the public that any information they receive will be treated with the upmost discretion.