Netherlands Netherlands - John Doe, 40-60 yo| Bosbaan, Amstelveen, Netherlands | 12 February 1998

[Nate_Bro]

On 12 February 1998, the remains of an unidentified man were recovered from the Bosbaan, a rowing lake in Amstelveen, Netherlands. He has never been identified. The Dutch Police hold the case under reference number 98131791.

Physical description

• Estimated age: 40–60 years
• Height: 172 cm (approx. 5'8")
• Build: solid
• Hair: black, balding at forehead
• Race: Caucasian

On February 12, 1998, the dead body of a man was found in the water of the Bosbaan in Amstelveen. He appears to have a piece of concrete on his leg and has a bullet wound in the head. It is clear that this is a crime. The victim did not carry any identity papers and the police do not know who he was to this day. There has been little attention for the case

Source

Missing Doe Europe: missingdoe.com/um-0114

Amstelveen - Bosbaan

www.politie.nl

Onbekende dode man in Amstelveen 1998 | Stichting Coldcasezaken

Op 12 februari 1998 treft men een dode man aan in de Bosbaan te Amstelveen. Zijn identiteit is nog altijd onbekend. | Am 12. Februar 1998 wurde in der Bosbaan in Amstelveen ein toter Mann gefunden. Seine Identität ist noch unbekannt. | 12 lutego 1998 r. w Bosbaan w Amstelveen znaleziono zwłoki...

www.coldcasezaken.nl

Dutch Police contact: +31 34 357 8844

 

[Nate_Bro]

I wanted to flag a possible cross-border match between UM-0114, the unidentified man recovered from the Bosbaan in Amstelveen, Netherlands in February 1998, and a missing Italian man, Emilio Bertin, who disappeared from Bagnoli di Sopra (Padova, northern Italy) in September 1996. I think it's worth a closer look, and I'm curious whether anyone has already pursued this lead.
Comparison: Emilio Bertin, missing from Bagnoli di Sopra (Padova) Italy, September 1996

Age	41 at disappearance (b. ~1955) · ~43 by Feb 1998	Est. 40–60
Height	170 cm / 5'7"	172 cm / 5'8"
Build	Unknown	Solid
Hair	Brown	Black, balding at forehead
Eyes	Blue	Unknown
Race	White	Caucasian
Last seen / found	22 Sept 1996, Bagnoli di Sopra, Padova, Italy	Found 12 Feb 1998, Bosbaan, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Circumstances	Unknown	Gunshot to head, concrete tied to leg — confirmed homicide (coldcasezaken.nl)
DNA / dental	Not on file	Not on file
Contact	Chi L'Ha Visto · +39-06-8262 · [email protected]	Dutch Police · case no. 98131791

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What aligns

• Age: Bertin would be ~42–43 by early 1998, sitting comfortably within the Bosbaan 40–60 estimate
• Height: 170 vs 172 cm — within the margin of postmortem measurement
• Race and build: no conflicts on either
• Timeline: disappearance September 1996, body found February 1998 — a 17-month gap that's consistent with relocation, concealment, or delayed discovery
• Geography: Bagnoli di Sopra is in Veneto, northern Italy — a region with strong historical migration ties to the Netherlands and Belgium

What doesn't fit cleanly

• Hair colour: Bertin is listed as brown, Bosbaan man as black — though dark brown hair can appear black, and colouring differences in aged or wet remains are common
• The Bosbaan death was a confirmed organised-crime style homicide (bound, shot). Whether this fits anything known about Bertin's background is unclear — no context for his disappearance is listed anywhere
  
  

 

[Rikissa]

I wanted to flag a possible cross-border match between UM-0114, the unidentified man recovered from the Bosbaan in Amstelveen, Netherlands in February 1998, and a missing Italian man, Emilio Bertin, who disappeared from Bagnoli di Sopra (Padova, northern Italy) in September 1996. I think it's worth a closer look, and I'm curious whether anyone has already pursued this lead.
Comparison: Emilio Bertin, missing from Bagnoli di Sopra (Padova) Italy, September 1996

Age	41 at disappearance (b. ~1955) · ~43 by Feb 1998	Est. 40–60
Height	170 cm / 5'7"	172 cm / 5'8"
Build	Unknown	Solid
Hair	Brown	Black, balding at forehead
Eyes	Blue	Unknown
Race	White	Caucasian
Last seen / found	22 Sept 1996, Bagnoli di Sopra, Padova, Italy	Found 12 Feb 1998, Bosbaan, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Circumstances	Unknown	Gunshot to head, concrete tied to leg — confirmed homicide (coldcasezaken.nl)
DNA / dental	Not on file	Not on file
Contact	Chi L'Ha Visto · +39-06-8262 · [email protected]	Dutch Police · case no. 98131791

th wi

What aligns

• Age: Bertin would be ~42–43 by early 1998, sitting comfortably within the Bosbaan 40–60 estimate
• Height: 170 vs 172 cm — within the margin of postmortem measurement
• Race and build: no conflicts on either
• Timeline: disappearance September 1996, body found February 1998 — a 17-month gap that's consistent with relocation, concealment, or delayed discovery
• Geography: Bagnoli di Sopra is in Veneto, northern Italy — a region with strong historical migration ties to the Netherlands and Belgium

What doesn't fit cleanly

• Hair colour: Bertin is listed as brown, Bosbaan man as black — though dark brown hair can appear black, and colouring differences in aged or wet remains are common
• The Bosbaan death was a confirmed organised-crime style homicide (bound, shot). Whether this fits anything known about Bertin's background is unclear — no context for his disappearance is listed anywhere
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Do you have a link to the missing person page of the italian male?

 

[Nate_Bro]

Do you have a link to the missing person page of the italian male?

Yes my bad.

Chi l'ha Visto - Scomparsi - Emilio Bertin - La scheda

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=1714dmita