78-year-old Hans D., who is suspected of the murder of his then wife Annie De Poortere, is further placed under electronic surveillance. The council chamber decided this on Friday, in the presence of the suspect.
The Ghent council chamber confirmed the arrest under electronic surveillance of Hans D. on Friday morning. D. is suspected of murdering his then wife Annie De Poortere in 1994.
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De Poortere’s remains were found last Saturday, April 27, during excavation work in the backyard next to her former home in Kerkstraat in Sint-Martens-Latem. De Poortere disappeared on November 12, 1994.
Based on several strong indications, the East Flanders public prosecutor’s office assumes that the remains belong to the then 48-year-old woman. An investigating judge was summoned and an investigation started.
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Last Monday, her then husband, Hans D. (78), was arrested and extensively interrogated. D. eventually confessed that he had buried her body at the time, but he denies that he killed his wife. Further investigation will now have to reveal what exactly happened to Annie.
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