Netherlands NL - Sjaak Gerwig, 18, Utrecht, 29th March 1995

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That evening in March, Sjaak walked from his home on Rijnlaan in the Rivierenwijk neighborhood to visit his girlfriend further down the street on Baarsstraat. He was supposed to go home afterward, but he never arrived. He was presumably killed that same evening. On April 2nd, he was found dead near Laagraven in the water between Utrecht and Houten. Sjaak's death appeared to have been violent; he had been struck repeatedly on the head with a heavy object.

Source: Cold Case: de moord op Sjaak Gerwig (18) uit Utrecht

Following new information, the cold case team reopened the case in 2021. They investigated, among other things, the possibility that Sjaak had a financial dispute with someone in the neighborhood.

Source: Cold Case: de moord op Sjaak Gerwig (18) uit Utrecht

The Public Prosecution Service has increased the reward for the golden tip to 30,000 euros in 2021, and that tip money is still available.

Source: Cold Case: de moord op Sjaak Gerwig (18) uit Utrecht

Questions for the public​

The cold case team would like answers to the following questions:

Who knows what happened to Sjaak Gerwig that night?
Who knows why Sjaak had to die?
Who killed Sjaak?

Source: Cold Case: de moord op Sjaak Gerwig (18) uit Utrecht

On July 8, 2021, Peter R. de Vries was scheduled to feature Sjaak's case. The police stated that they were "in close contact" with him about this. But what the television investigator may have discovered about the case will never be known. Two days before the broadcast, the fatal shots were fired at him on Lange Leidsedwarsstraat in Amsterdam.

Source: Onderzoek naar moordmysterie leidt al sinds 1995 niet tot resultaat | Panorama.