The suspect who confessed on Facebook to killing a husband and his wife in Weiteveen is formally suspected of premeditated murder, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Friday. The OM confirmed in a statement that there were several witnesses to the violence, including the victims' son, and that multiple weapons were used in the attack.
Richard K., the man in custody for murdering two people in Weiteveen on Tuesday after a year-long dispute about a house sale, killed the victims in the presence of their minor son, sources around the investigation told AD. They described K.’s actions as unprecedentedly violent.
Richard K., the 50-year-old man suspected of killing two people in the Drenthe village of Weiteveen on Tuesday over a long-ongoing conflict about a house they bought from him, will face a remand hearing on Friday, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said. At this hearing, the examining magistrate will determine whether K. will stay in pre-trial custody.
Two people died in an apparent shooting in the Drenthe village of Weiteveen on Tuesday morning. The police arrested a 50-year-old man as a suspect. The incident may be the culmination of a long-running dispute, sources told RTV Drenthe. The first report of a traffic accident with injuries was called in to the police at about 8:35 a.m. from the Bargerweg in Weiteveen. More police were dispatched to the scene in the hour afterward to help restore public safety and to handle a violent incident believed to involve gunshots.