2023-10-31 07:47:00
We thus learn that Claudia Van Der Stichelen did not die inside her home. She was shot in the back in her garden following leaving her house “barefoot” “terrified”. The 58-year-old woman’s voice was shaky and witnesses say she screamed one last time: “Help! Help! There’s a madman in my house!” Claudia’s son, who was also present and attempted to threaten the suspect with a toy gun, ran to neighbors following being shot three times in the shoulder. He was taken to hospital where he had to undergo surgery but is out of danger. Claudia’s husband was on a bike ride and was called back in disaster. But his wife had already died.
HLN reports that Claudia did not die directly. Several people came to his aid as soon as the shooter fled. A lady on a bike, a trained ambulance driver, tried to resuscitate her, in vain. Witnesses explain that they also tried to ask who the suspect in the murder was, but Claudia was already no longer able to answer.
A lawyer shot dead near her office, the suspect still on the run: “A weapon was found on the scene”
Concerning this shooter, he is still on the run. But the witnesses were able to paint a portrait for investigators. It would be a man aged between 60 and 65 years old. He is 1m80 tall, of normal build, has short gray hair and baldness. According to those present, the individual was wearing light-colored overalls. What struck all the witnesses was the calm of the shooter. He didn’t seem panicked at all, they report. After having climbed over the garden hedge, he would have fled at a light pace. The mystery remains, however, regarding the direction he took: either he entered a nearby wood, or he headed towards the market square.
According to HLN, it is likely that Claudia Van Der Stichelen did not know her murderer. It was also likely not a customer, since she was wearing a casual dress and was barefoot. Additionally, the divorce lawyer never saw clients. Finally, when she went out into the garden, she spoke of “a madman”, without naming him.
Our Flemish colleagues indicate that searches took place once more on Monday near the family home. A nearby clothing container was searched and searches were also carried out in the sewers. Investigators do not want to rule out too quickly the fact that the suspect got rid of his weapon just following his crime.
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