Netherlands Belgium, Liège, WhtFem, 14-24, Albert Canel (Dutch-Belgium border), May'09

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up case. I wish we could see a list of Rule-outs. She is still listed so I assume sadly still unidentified.

Onbekend meisje gevonden in het Albertkanaal in Visé

Op zondag 31 mei 2009 werd in het Albertkanaal in Visé een naakt lichaam gevonden van een onbekende jonge vrouw. Het slachtoffer is vermoedelijk tussen 14 en 24 jaar oud. Ze is atletisch gebouwd, 1m62 lang en weegt ongeveer 50 kg. Ze heeft halflange blonde of lichtbruine haren.(foto nagel) Ze...

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[JennieM]

Identify Me: BEL06 - The woman with the artificial nails

Operation Identify Me: Seeking the names of unidentified victims of murder

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INTERPOL Black Notice: Operation Identify Me - Police search for the names of 22 women murdered

Operation Identify Me is a public appeal to identify 22 women, believed to have been murdered in Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands, but whose identity was never found. Most are cold cases; women who died 10, 20, 30 or even 40 years ago. Despite extensive police investigations, these women...

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Operation Identify Me: Seeking the names of unidentified victims of murder
Case name: The woman with the artificial nails
Case code: 2023-BEL06

 

[JennieM]

• Date of death (estimated): Undetermined.
• Date of discovery: 31 May 2009
• Location: Belgium: Albert Canal, near the Lanaye Bridge in Visé, near the Dutch border.
• Sex: Female
• Estimated year of birth: Between 1985 and 1995
• Estimated age: Between 14 and 24 years old
• Height: 162 cm
• Skin tone: Light-skinned
• Hair colour: Blonde or light brown
• Eye colour: Light-coloured
• Clothing: She was not wearing any clothes
• Tattoos, birth marks, scars: The young woman had two surgical scars: one on her right wrist, about 10 cm long, and one on her lower abdomen. Her ears were pierced.
• Jewellery: None

The case​

On Sunday 31 May 2009, the body of a young woman was found in the Albert Canal in Visé, near the Dutch border. Her body may have been in the water for 1 to 5 weeks. She was killed by violence and her body was weighed down with two ‘Alex’ brand weights.

Characteristics​

Facial reconstructions in 2D and 3D were made of the young woman, showing what she might have looked like during her lifetime. She is believed to be between 14 and 24 years old and 1.62 meters tall. She was athletically built, had medium-length blond or light brown hair, a light complexion, good dentition and pierced ears.

She had artificial nails. On both ring fingers the artificial nails were decorated with a floral pattern. She had a surgical scar on her lower abdomen and right wrist. The wrist scar is about 10 cm long. The investigation revealed that the young woman had been living in the Benelux region for several years and she spent her childhood in Eastern Europe.

Contact
If you have any information regarding the possible identity of this person, please contact the Belgian national police via the form below.

You can also contact them and view this case on their national police website.

Identify Me: BEL06 - The woman with the artificial nails

Operation Identify Me: Seeking the names of unidentified victims of murder

www.interpol.int

 

[JennieM]

Identify Me: BEL06 - The woman with the artificial nails

Operation Identify Me: Seeking the names of unidentified victims of murder

www.interpol.int

 

[JennieM]

Facial reconstruction 2D of the victim


Facial reconstructions 2D and 3D of the victim


Floral pattern on both artificial nails of the ring fingers


Two 'Alex' brand weights used to weigh down the body

Identify Me: BEL06 - The woman with the artificial nails

Operation Identify Me: Seeking the names of unidentified victims of murder

www.interpol.int

 

[NextSprint]

Bumping for this poor lady; I struggle to comprehend how difficult it is to trace this one, and I've spent many many hours over the years on it.

 

[Bit of hope]

It's interesting that it turns out the artificial nails, with the flowers, are on the ring finger. A different source said pinky fingers, but I consider it confirmed that it were the ring fingers, now Interpol brought this case up again. Not that I found anything about it, but could only decorating your ring fingers have a special meaning?

 

[NextSprint]

It's interesting that it turns out the artificial nails, with the flowers, are on the ring finger. A different source said pinky fingers, but I consider it confirmed that it were the ring fingers, now Interpol brought this case up again. Not that I found anything about it, but could only decorating your ring fingers have a special meaning?

That's interesting. Is it 100% certain that it was the ring finger (presumably on the left hand)?

 

[Bit of hope]

That's interesting. Is it 100% certain that it was the ring finger (presumably on the left hand)?

This is in the Interpol file: On both ring fingers the artificial nails were decorated with a floral pattern. If Interpol isn't certain, which I doubt, who can be, beside the killer(s)?

 

[NextSprint]

This is in the Interpol file: On both ring fingers the artificial nails were decorated with a floral pattern. If Interpol isn't certain, which I doubt, who can be, beside the killer(s)?

Great, thanks for that, I missed it.