moonlightmystery
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Julie Van Espen disappeared from Antwerp, Belgium last Saturday (May 4th, 2019).
Julie is a student aged 23. She's slim and 1m64 in height. She has long blonde hair and was wearing a dark green (Kaki) winter coat and dark gray trainers by Adidas.
She had a dark coloured bike from Peugeot.
She was on her way to meet some friends in the city but never showed. Police immediately decided foul play was involved.
I thought it would be interesting to follow the story closely, but would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends involved.
Timeline:
May 4th, 2019:
Julie left the house at around 18:20 according to her dad. She was supposed to meet up with her friends, arriving at around 19 in the city centre, but she never made it.
AT around 9 pm, her friends contacted Julie's parents to tell them Julie never showed.
Police immediately thought the disappearance was suspicious but I couldn't find out when the search for her exactly started or when the cops were called in (I assume around the time she was discovered missing).
May 5th, 2019:
The search for Julie continues and police search along the route she would have taken, going as far as to search the river she was cycling past with divers and sonar.
Sometime this day her clothes were found along with the basket of her bike. At this point law enforcement classifies the case as a murder as traces of blood are found on the objects. Her ID was found in a dumpster by police officers.
The search was halted around 22:00 that evening.
May 6th, 2019:
Around 1:30 am the police release images of a suspect caught on camera near the place her clothes were found, putting out a BOLO.
The search for Julie's body and bicycle is continued at around 10 in the morning.
Around 200 tips come in concerning whereabouts of the man.
Sometime around noon the man is identified and picked up at a train station in Leuven, about a thirty minute train ride from Antwerp.
I'll try to update as any process on the case is reported.
Personally I'd like to believe Julie is still alive somewhere as her body hasn't been found, so I hope they can solve this case soon and get her home!
Julie is a student aged 23. She's slim and 1m64 in height. She has long blonde hair and was wearing a dark green (Kaki) winter coat and dark gray trainers by Adidas.
She had a dark coloured bike from Peugeot.
She was on her way to meet some friends in the city but never showed. Police immediately decided foul play was involved.
I thought it would be interesting to follow the story closely, but would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends involved.
Timeline:
May 4th, 2019:
Julie left the house at around 18:20 according to her dad. She was supposed to meet up with her friends, arriving at around 19 in the city centre, but she never made it.
AT around 9 pm, her friends contacted Julie's parents to tell them Julie never showed.
Police immediately thought the disappearance was suspicious but I couldn't find out when the search for her exactly started or when the cops were called in (I assume around the time she was discovered missing).
May 5th, 2019:
The search for Julie continues and police search along the route she would have taken, going as far as to search the river she was cycling past with divers and sonar.
Sometime this day her clothes were found along with the basket of her bike. At this point law enforcement classifies the case as a murder as traces of blood are found on the objects. Her ID was found in a dumpster by police officers.
The search was halted around 22:00 that evening.
May 6th, 2019:
Around 1:30 am the police release images of a suspect caught on camera near the place her clothes were found, putting out a BOLO.
The search for Julie's body and bicycle is continued at around 10 in the morning.
Around 200 tips come in concerning whereabouts of the man.
Sometime around noon the man is identified and picked up at a train station in Leuven, about a thirty minute train ride from Antwerp.
I'll try to update as any process on the case is reported.
Personally I'd like to believe Julie is still alive somewhere as her body hasn't been found, so I hope they can solve this case soon and get her home!
