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Peter R. de Vries Foundation to reinvestigate 1,300 cold cases in the Netherlands

The Peter R. de Vries Foundation has announced plans to help solve cold cases in the Netherlands.

nltimes.nl

3 January 2026 rbbm

The memorial for Peter R. de Vries at the Carre in Amsterdam. 21 July 2021 - Credit: Tom Cornelissen / RTL

''The Peter R. de Vries Foundation has announced plans to help solve cold cases in the Netherlands. The foundation, started by the prominent crime reporter who was shot dead in Amsterdam in 2021, will deploy retired detectives and forensic specialists to push for progress in roughly 1,300 unsolved murder and missing-person cases across the Netherlands, NOS reported.

The foundation will not conduct street-level detective work, but will collaborate with the justice system on existing case files. The foundation aims to apply modern methods, including AI and advanced forensic analysis, to re-examine existing cases from a new angle.''