2023-11-14 11:27:00
“The woman with the tattooed flower“, whose body was found at the bottom of a river in Antwerp, was a British woman who arrived in Belgium in 1992, Interpol announced on Tuesday.
Aged 31 at the time of the events, Rita Roberts was able to be identified thanks to a “black flower tattooed on his left forearm, with green leaves and ‘R’Nick’ written underneath“, according to a press release from the international organization for police cooperation. “A family member in the UK recognized the tattoo in the media and notified Interpol and Belgian authorities, via the Identify Me webpage“, explains the institution.
Now, “the Belgian authorities are calling on the general public to clarify the circumstances of the death of Rita Roberts“. Testimonies and information can be sent to the address avisderecherche@police.belgium.eu or to the free number 0800/30 300 and 00322/554 44 88 for calls from abroad.
To the victims”was of robust build and measured approximately 1m70. She had dark, shoulder-length hair and neat teeth.“, specifies the wanted notice from the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office which adds that she “wore a t-shirt (dark blue, purple and light green) with the inscriptions ‘SPLINTER’ and ‘1990’, dark blue sports pants with three green stripes from the brand ‘Adidas’ and dark brown hiking shoes from the brand ‘ DAG’-size 40“.
She had left Cardiff for Antwerp in February 1992.”The investigation was able to determine that Rita would also have stayed in the Netherlands“, informs the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office. These investigations were relayed in May by an Interpol campaign aimed at the population in order to help identify the bodies of 22 women found over several decades in Germany, Belgium and in the Netherlands.
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