‘We have to work here on the streets as prostitutes.’ These are the last words Izabela Zukowska (20) says when she calls home to Poland from Antwerp in 1999. Her 3-year-old daughter Sandra and her mother live there, and her mother learns that her job as a nanny is very different from what she was promised. Sandra (30) is now a grown woman who continues to search for her mother. A Polish investigation programme has uncovered several leads. One of them leads to a murder. Another to... a new life in Limburg.
Current age: 47
Date of disappearance: 1 August 1999
Age on the day of disappearance: 20
Height: 173 cm
Eye colour: blue
Last known location: Antwerp
Country: Belgium
Message from her daughter on Facebook:
Hello, I am looking for information about my mother, Izabela Żukowska. She came to Belgium to work. I have had no contact with her since 1999. The last message we received from her was that she had been thrown out onto the street along with other women. Since then, there has been no sign of life from her and she is missing. She is now 47 years old and 175 cm tall.
She may currently be staying somewhere in the Maaseik/Maasmechelen region. She may be using a different first and last name (perhaps Ola or Aleksandra), wearing an Islamic headscarf, have two children and an Arab husband – it is quite possible that his name is Ali and that he works or has worked in a kebab shop in Maaseik.
I urge you to help me find her and to forward this message. I have been waiting for her for 26 years.
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone has any information about her; even the smallest details can help. If you have any tips, you can pass them on completely anonymously. Please send me a message or an email to [email protected]
This is an email address belonging to the editorial team at Polish television, who are helping me to raise awareness of this case. Your anonymity is completely guaranteed. Thank you in advance for sharing and for any tips.
Excerpt from a Polish TV show
Official notice by the Polish Police
Current age: 47
Date of disappearance: 1 August 1999
Age on the day of disappearance: 20
Height: 173 cm
Eye colour: blue
Last known location: Antwerp
Country: Belgium
Message from her daughter on Facebook:
Hello, I am looking for information about my mother, Izabela Żukowska. She came to Belgium to work. I have had no contact with her since 1999. The last message we received from her was that she had been thrown out onto the street along with other women. Since then, there has been no sign of life from her and she is missing. She is now 47 years old and 175 cm tall.
She may currently be staying somewhere in the Maaseik/Maasmechelen region. She may be using a different first and last name (perhaps Ola or Aleksandra), wearing an Islamic headscarf, have two children and an Arab husband – it is quite possible that his name is Ali and that he works or has worked in a kebab shop in Maaseik.
I urge you to help me find her and to forward this message. I have been waiting for her for 26 years.
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone has any information about her; even the smallest details can help. If you have any tips, you can pass them on completely anonymously. Please send me a message or an email to [email protected]
This is an email address belonging to the editorial team at Polish television, who are helping me to raise awareness of this case. Your anonymity is completely guaranteed. Thank you in advance for sharing and for any tips.
Excerpt from a Polish TV show
Official notice by the Polish Police
