Her clothes were found several months later near Van Eijk's house. Sasja Schenker - On 17 July 2001 the lifeless, naked body of the 34-year-old prostitute Sasja Schenker was found in the Slochterdiep near Harkstede.Several years later both murderers of the two women were caught. In 1997, Van Eijk was a suspect for the murder of Anne de Ruyter de Wildt, and in 2000 for the murder of Marianne Vaatstra however, DNA tests proved his innocence in these cases. Annelies Reinders - On 21 January 1995 the body of the 31-year-old prostitute Annelies Reinder was found in the Eemskanaal near Appingedam.īetween his release and his second arrest there were eight prostitutes, and several other young women murdered in and around the area of Van Eijk's residence.During sex with Fatol, Van Eijk strangled her with his bare hands. Antoanella Bertholda (Michelle) Fatol - In November 1993 in a ditch near the village Enumatil the corpse of a 23-year-old prostitute was found.The relationship turned out to be a downward spiral for Van Eijk. Psychiatrists believed that his relationship with Adri would prevent him from re-offending, but warned that subsequent female rejections could trigger a relapse. In 1990 he was released and together with Adri, moved into a house in Harkstede. In 1980, while still in remand, he married his pen-pal Adri. He was seen as one of the hardest patients the clinic had ever had. He was combative about denying treatment out of 'fear of psychic disintegration'. However, Van Eijk refused any investigations. During his therapy at the Van Mesdagkliniek in Groningen, psychiatrists speculated that his deviant behavior was the result of brain damage sustained during his birth. Psychiatric reports explained that Van Eijk had severe childhood trauma as a result of (mostly female) bullying and rejection by women. The details of the murders, as revealed during the trial, were so astonishing to the public that several judiciary guards vomited. In 1975, Van Eijk was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment and TBS. The police arrested Van Eijk, and he immediately confessed to the murder of Aaltje, and soon thereafter to the murder of Cora. Several witnesses had seen Van Eijk riding his moped on the same evening and in the same area where the body was found. Van Eijk lived in a small, white houseboat which he had written the words De Vrijheid (the freedom) on, in dripping blood-red paint. She had suffered multiple stab wounds, her belly was ripped open, and her left nipple was cut off. Aaltje van der Plaat - On 19 August 1974 the lifeless body of 43-year-old Aaltje van der Plaat was found near a road inside a cornfield.Due the fact that on the morning of the murder she was to start a new job at a jewelry store in Aalsmeer, the jeweler was, for a short period of time, a suspect. Later on he would explain he felt regretful about his actions because 'she had only lived for such a short period of time,' 'but, I finally had my chance and I took it.' He said, giving more light to his intense desires and dreams to murder and rape women. He strangled her with her own shawl and raped her, before dumping her body in a ditch near Uithoorn. Having missed her bus ride home after meeting with her boyfriend in Amsterdam, Van Eijk found her hitchhiking. Cora Mantel - In 1971 he picked up the 15-year-old Cora Mantel from Uithoorn.During this time he started to dream about raping and killing women. Van Eijk committed petty crimes for a living as his (high) school career did not go well. He had little contact at school and was an outcast. When he was 8 years old his brothers characterized him as 'evil personified'. He soon gained notoriety in his home village for his cruelty towards animals he would enjoy torturing dogs, drowning cats and kicking ducks until they died. He did not enjoy studying, and refused to. During this time of extreme bullying, Van Eijk started to collect morbid items, such as dead insects and dried frogs. During his time at an elementary school in Ter Aar, he was an outcast and referred to as " Gekke Willempie" ( Dutch for "crazy little Willem"), something he later used to justify his outrageous actions. His parents had a lot of kids, which wasn't unusual at the time. Willem van Eijk was born in 1941 in the small village of Korteraar, South Holland, then under the German occupation of the Netherlands. He was convicted twice for a total of five murders.
Willem van eijk serial#
Willem van Eijk (13 August 1941 - 19 June 2019) was a convicted Dutch serial killer known as "Het Beest van Harkstede" (The Beast of Harkstede).
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