PUTTEN — 1994 · Murder
The Putten Murder and Its Miscarriages of Justice
On 9 January 1994 a 23-year-old flight attendant was found dead at her grandmother's house in Putten. In 1995 two young men were sentenced to ten years for the murder, although the DNA traces at the scene did not match them. After a long public campaign the Supreme Court ordered a retrial and both men were acquitted in 2002, making the case one of the best-known miscarriages of justice in the Netherlands. In 2008 a new suspect was arrested after a DNA match and received 18 years on appeal. That conviction is itself disputed: a request for review surfaced in 2018 and the case is still debated.
- Date
- 1994
- Place
- Gelderland, Netherlands, Putten, NL
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 52.2600, 5.6100 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 9 January 1994The young woman was found dead at her grandmother's house in Putten.
- 1995Two men were sentenced to ten years for the murder.
- 2002Both men were acquitted at a retrial.
- 2008A new suspect was arrested after a DNA match.
- 2018The third conviction was also challenged as a miscarriage of justice.
Sources
- NOS — Putten davasında üçüncü mahkûm da haksız yere mi hapiste? nos.nl ↗
- Wikipedia — Puttense moordzaak nl.wikipedia.org ↗
- NOS
- Omroep Gelderland
- Wikipedia
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.