Body found in search for missing 24-year-old woman, suspect remains on the run

Her companion is a suspect

Police believe they have found the body of a missing 24-year-old Syrian woman from Almere.

The discovery was made yesterday by a bystander in the forest near Almere’s De Kiem car park, roughly one kilometre from where she was last seen. Police say there is strong evidence she was killed.

Her travelling companion, 34-year-old Omar Almahad, is a suspect. Officers are still searching for him, along with his car, a grey Peugeot 307 SW with the licence plate 36-LH-RN.

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Police are looking for the suspect and his car, pictured above. Image: Politie

Anyone who sees the suspect or the vehicle is urged to call 112 immediately. For any other information relating to the investigation, contact police on 0800 0600.

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Sam has over six years experience writing about life in the Netherlands and leads the content team at DutchReview. She originally came to the Netherlands to study in 2016 and now holds a BA (Hons.) in Arts, a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and a Masters in Teaching. She loves to write about settling into life in the Netherlands, her city of Utrecht, learning Dutch, and jobs in the Netherlands — and she still can’t jump on the back of a moving bike (she's learning!).

4 COMMENTS

  1. Netherlands think about the safety of people, they should put cameras at least common or lonely places to avoid crime like in Singapore. Otherwise it would be difficult to find suspected

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