On Friday, March 24, emergency services were present at Rocher du Hérou site in Nadrin (Houffalize) to assist someone who had ended their life. At the same time, investigators from PJF of Antwerp, equivalent to the federal judicial police, arrived to question Joeri Janssen, the husband of Zoé Snoeks, who had fallen to her death below the Rocher du Hérou on November 2, 2021. According to L’Avenir, investigators questioned Janssen with his lawyer in the same location where his wife died. The questioning was part of the ongoing judicial investigation. Janssen remains free and has not been charged with anything. The investigation is ongoing.
Janssen was the only witness to the tragedy. The accident theory had been obvious to everyone during the tragedy that occurred on the morning of November 2, 2021. That day, Janssen and Snoeks had spent the night near the Rocher du Hérou and had planned to take pictures in the morning. While Snoeks had taken up position at the edge of the rock, waiting for Janssen to photograph her, she suddenly disappeared. Janssen saw nothing and heard nothing. She fell fifty meters below and was later found lifeless. The case was investigated in 2022 by the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office following a complaint from Snoeks’ parents, and the accidental theory is no longer so obvious. Antwerp investigators continue to investigate to find out the truth around this tragic event.
What an incredible and macabre coincidence last Friday, March 24, at the Rocher du Hérou site, overlooking the Ourthe in Nadrin (Houffalize)! While a large deployment of emergency services was on site to help a person who ended his life, at the same time, other police officers were also present: those of the PJF of Antwerp (FGP , equivalent of our federal judicial police). They came to question the husband of Zoé Snoeks, this 33-year-old young woman from Meerhout (province of Antwerp) who had fallen to her death below the Rocher du Hérou on November 2, 2021.
The husband on site Friday in Nadrin, with his lawyer
According to L’Avenir, on Friday, Antwerp investigators questioned Joeri Janssen, the victim’s companion, in the presence of his lawyer and at the very place where the young woman died.
“No other parties were present, this was not a re-enactment, but a duty to investigate. The questioning is of course part of the ongoing judicial investigation”specifies the spokesperson for the Antwerp prosecution, Kristof Aerts, questioned on Monday afternoon.
The husband at this stage of the investigation remains free and has not been charged with anything. The investigation is continuing.
The husband, the only witness to the tragedy
The thesis of the accident had been obvious to everyone, police, paramedics, magistrates, during the tragedy that occurred on the morning of November 2, 2021.
That day, Joeri Janssen and his wife Zoé Snoeks, accustomed to mini-trips in Europe aboard their motorhome, had spent the night near the well-known landscape site above the Ourthe in Nadrin (Houffalize ), the Rocher du Hérou.
The husband had confided a few hours after the tragedy that they had got up early that morning to take pictures. He had specified that his wife Zoé had taken up position at the edge of the rock, waiting for him to photograph her.
“But Zoe then told me to watch out for our two dogs approaching the edge. I turned to them and told them to wait. Then my gaze shifted back to Zoe, but she was gone. It must have happened in less than 5 seconds. I saw nothing, heard nothing. No screaming or screaming. I looked up and saw only fog “, still confided the husband in 2021 to the Latest news.
The young wife had fallen fifty meters below. His lifeless body was later found. Then cremated.
Last summer, in 2022, the case was investigated by the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office following a complaint from Zoé’s parents. The accidental thesis is no longer so obvious and the Antwerp investigators continue to investigate to find out the truth around this tragedy.
The investigation into the tragic death of Zoé Snoeks continues, with Antwerp investigators questioning her husband at the scene where she fell to her death. The incident took place on November 2nd, 2021, and had originally been deemed an accident. However, the investigation has been reopened following a complaint from Zoé’s parents. While the husband remains free and has not been charged with anything, the case remains ongoing. As investigators seek to uncover the truth surrounding Zoé’s untimely death, our thoughts are with her loved ones during this difficult time.