What really happened to the missing girl from the Netherlands?

Nicole van den Hurk, 15, went missing on her way to work on October 6, 1995, in Eindhoven, North Brabant, the Netherlands. Her body was discovered in the woods between Mierlo and Lierop on November 22, 1995.

Van den Hurk’s stepbrother confessed to the murder in 2011 but was released a month due to a lack of substantial evidence.

Hurk’s stepbrother later admitted to falsely confessing to the murder in order to get his stepsister’s remains exhumed for DNA testing.

The fifteen-year-old began cycling towards Woensel shopping center, where she was working a vacation job, in the early morning of Friday, October 6, 1995, but did not arrive. At 18:00 that day, officers discovered her bicycle in the Dommel River.

Between then and the 17th of October, the police investigated the river and nearby woodland, and on the 19th of October, her knapsack was discovered near Eindhoven’s canal; the canal and its south bank were examined the next day.

These regions were searched again on October 28 and 29. Her stepfather denied that she had fled to Germany, where her extended relatives resided. By the 20th of November, authorities had received over 300 leads.

A passerby discovered her body in the woods between Mierlo and Lierop on Wednesday, November 22.

Her funeral was held on November 28th, with over a thousand mourners in attendance.

Her autopsy revealed that she had two fractures in her jaw, additional injuries to her head and fingers, and a rib injury caused by stabbing.