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Is there any info about which phone(s) he had and how he kept it with him? Waterproof bag? Any photos of Arjen’s belongings that were found?
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Politiet konkluderer i Kamphuis-mysteriet
Police have concluded in their investigation that Arjen Kamphuis was reported missing in late August last year, when he did not return to the Netherlands after his holiday in Norway.
Kamphuis had a background as a Wikileaks employee and several major international media mentioned the recovery case.
NRK also traveled to the Netherlands and met Kamphuis's friends, who did not think Kamphuis was dead, but felt he was deliberately hiding.
But the police now believe that Kamphuis is dead.
- Police have found that he was most likely killed in a kayak accident in the Skjerstadfjord at Rognan on the evening of August 20, 2018. The missing person has so far not been found and there is reason to believe he has disappeared into the sea, says police lawyer Bjarte Walla in the Nordland Police District.
The last witness observation of Kamphuis was in the afternoon on the same day as police believe the 47-year-old was involved in the accident.
Then he was seen walking from the train station towards Rognan center. Earlier in the day he had checked out of his hotel in Bodø and traveled by train to Rognan.
The police's conclusion that Kamphuis died in an accident is based on the evidence available in the case, Walla said.
A few days after Kamphuis was reported missing, a damaged kayak and a paddle were found in the water's edge at the Skjerstad Fjord.
Some other personal belongings were also found floating in the sea.
Police would probably have come to the conclusion of a paddle accident earlier, had it not been for a sim card belonging to Arjen Kamphuis at three base stations near Stavanger just before midnight on August 30, 2018.
The investigation of this track has now revealed that the relevant mobile phone, a computer and other objects were found by two Eastern European professional drivers who were fishing from shore during their rest time.
The objects were found in the same area as the kayak was found. The two Eastern Europeans thought the objects had been thrown away, since they looked they had been in the water for a while.
The two men brought the items, including the relevant sim card, and had them in their possession when they later drove to Stavanger.
The investigation has revealed that the two East European professional drivers passed the three relevant base stations on 30 August 2018.
Police find no reason to suspect the two drivers of having had anything to do with Kamphuis's disappearance beyond that.
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