Gelena Maletina was born on 21 November 1984 in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan. In 2003, she stayed at the Klompjan asylum seekers' centre in Markelo and attended a course at the ROC in Almelo. She was described as a somewhat introverted and melancholic young woman.
She was 19 years old, 1.67 meters tall, slim (weighing approximately 50 kilograms), with dyed blonde hair and blue eyes. She had a thin build, wore rings in both ears, and had two small scars: from an appendectomy and an inguinal hernia operation. Before her disappearance, she was in a “confused state” and had just received her first rejection of her asylum application. She was studying at the ROC in Almelo. The police report that “an accident is feared” in connection with her disappearance.
Gelena's case is registered with the Dutch police under case number 03050260. However, the investigation remains largely closed to the public. Some investigators have attempted to link her to unsolved cases elsewhere in Europe, but unfortunately, no DNA profile of Gelena is available to date.
She was 19 years old, 1.67 meters tall, slim (weighing approximately 50 kilograms), with dyed blonde hair and blue eyes. She had a thin build, wore rings in both ears, and had two small scars: from an appendectomy and an inguinal hernia operation. Before her disappearance, she was in a “confused state” and had just received her first rejection of her asylum application. She was studying at the ROC in Almelo. The police report that “an accident is feared” in connection with her disappearance.
Gelena's case is registered with the Dutch police under case number 03050260. However, the investigation remains largely closed to the public. Some investigators have attempted to link her to unsolved cases elsewhere in Europe, but unfortunately, no DNA profile of Gelena is available to date.
