Investigation of missing Anja Schaap continues unabated
Latest update:
03-06-2019 | 16:52
Katwijk - Since the disappearance of Anja Schaap (33) from Katwijk on 29 May, the police have been looking for her with all his might. The research team is still fully engaged in the investigation. This is not always visible to everyone. Consider, for example, digital investigations, hearing witnesses and requesting and watching camera images.
What has been done so far in
Anja 's
loss ?
- May 30 (Ascension Day) the police got the message that Anja has been missing since Wednesday morning May 29. The police team in Katwijk immediately started a search, investigating how Anja walked home from the cafe where she had been. For this, witnesses were heard, camera images were viewed and the police helicopter watched.
- On Friday, May 31, Anja's bag was found in the water on the Melkweg.
Divers from the fire brigade searched the water, but did not find Anja. The handbag contained personal belongings, including her cell phone. The same day Anja walked the route that Anja took between the cafe and her home.
- On Friday evening, the police distributed their photo nationwide.
- Forty people from the Veteran Searchteam, police, family and volunteers searched the missing woman and any traces on Saturday 1 June in the section between the Melkweg and her home on the Wega in Katwijk.
- Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, new camera images were analyzed, witnesses spoke again and digital investigations were conducted.
- Monday 3 June the fire brigade searched the water at the Hercules and the Noorderlicht, this is in the vicinity of her home.
Is the search for Anja stopped?
The investigation into the loss of Anja continues unabated. The investigation work done by the police is not visible to the outside world, but this does not mean that the investigation has been stopped.
Can you still use camera images?
Camera images are always welcome. You can upload images via
this link on police.com .
How exceptional is Anja's loss?
Every month, 300 people are reported missing in the Unity The Hague. Only 5% of this is classified as 'urgent' loss. The disappearance of Anja is classified as an urgent loss.
What is the difference between an 'urgent' loss and a 'normal' loss?
With a normal loss there are no direct indications of threat, danger or risk. And there is often a reason that could explain the 'running away'. There are also circumstances, such as carrying money and goods that indicate that it is a conscious action.
In the event of an urgent loss, there are substantial indications that the missing person is at risk because the missing person is in complete opposition to normal behavior, or there are indications that the missing person is a victim of a crime. You can think of children under the age of 13, people with intellectual or physical disabilities, people who need immediate medical care (such as people with dementia), young people accompanied by criminals or if there are indications of (intended) suicide.
Why is the 'Collaborate' app not being used?
The help of citizens is often very effective and that is why the police want to launch an app to better organize searches. The app is still in the testing phase in which legal and ethical aspects are examined. That is why the app cannot be used yet.
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It's still a big question whether she was grabbed by someone who was walking or in a car. I hope they've tracked down everyone who was at the pub at 1:50AM, as it could be someone who saw her there.
Having that answer will help understand whether there's any point in looking for her near the area where her purse was found. Someone on foot will leave her near her purse, someone in a car means she will mostly likely be found only by chance.
I did read on msm that LE talked to witnesses in and around the area she walked/disappeared.
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'The search for the missing woman continues. "Among other things, we are going to view camera images and talk to witnesses," said a police spokesperson' (GT)
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"Kattukers, as the villagers are popularly called, are not talkative people. Strangers in the village are extensively observed. If Anja had been approached on the night she disappeared and someone saw that, he or she would have noticed. But so far it seems that 33-year-old Anja Schaap has simply been resolved into nothing. The only wipe sign was the discovery of her bag last Friday. On the road between the pub she left and her house.
"Take care of yourself," I always called after her, says neighbor Dirk van der Plas. He has only been living in the social housing complex for half a year, where Anja also has an apartment, but had direct contact with his neighbor. "This is so bizarre," he says. "But now that she has been gone so long, I fear the worst. That she ran into the wrong person. "
The waitress of In den Blauwe Bock in the Badstraat in the village center of the coastal town knows for sure. "Anja was not a regular customer of ours. I've been working here for years, but didn't know her, "she says. She also chooses her answers carefully. "No, there was not something special last Tuesday that she was here. It was a normal Tuesday evening. ”She leaves it at that. But she can't stop thinking about it. Just like with the rest of the inhabitants. What happened to Anja Schaap?
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The neighbors of Anja, in the northern part of Katwijk, characterize her as friendly, cheerful, always in for a chat. But they didn't get to coffee. "She has no extensive social life," says Roelof From, who lives below her. "Her family visits a lot. That was it, "he says. Anja is also not a pub type, so the picture arises. Still, she went on the road last Tuesday. "She wanted to go out. She felt good about herself lately, "explains From. It is precisely this one excess that seems to have turned fatal. "I can't believe it," says From. "Every time I cycle along the water along her likely route, I look around me. I hope every time I see something. "[.....]
Katwijk in de ban van mysterieuze verdwijning Anja
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In this article it is written that it is almost certain that she left the pub on the Badstraat at 1.52 am. CCTV confirms this and according to her neighbors, she did everything on foot. The walk should have taken her about twenty minutes, past the Willem Alexander pumping station to Katwijk-Noord. At three quarters of the route, her bag was found at the Melkweg.
