BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 357                 Sunday, 22 December 2024         Antwerpen		
The Flowers of Romance
Serial killer
Gustaaf Van Eyken
aka De Vampier van Muizen


  • 21 April 1951 (+) is born in Mechelen, Belgium.

  • 14 November 1966 (x) escapes from the Rosendael reformatory and assaults and rapes an unidentified woman in Rijmenam, Belgium.

  • 31 December 1967 (x) raped and robbed An unidentified woman in Bonheiden, Belgium.

  • 23 June 1968 (x) escapes from St. Jozef reformatory and rapes an unidentified woman in Mortsel, Belgium.

  • 24 February 1969 (x) escapes from reformatory school in Ruiselede, Belgium.

  • 15 June 1970 (x) An unidentified woman is assaulted by Van Eyken in Soest, Germany.

  • 29 January 1971 (x) A 20-year-old unidentified woman is assaulted and robbed by Van Eyken in Mechelen, Belgium.

  • 3 February 1971 (x) An unidentified woman is assaulted and robbed by Van Eyken in Mechelen, Belgium.

  • 23 February 1971 (x) assaults an unidentified woman in Mechelen, Belgium.

  • 8 March 1971 (x) assaulted and robbed An unidentified woman in Mechelen, Belgium.

  • 19 March 1971 (-) raped, strangled and mutilated Lutgarde Van Der Wilt in Bonheiden, Belgium.

  • 15 October 1971 (-) stabbed to death, raped and mutilated Marie-Thérèse Rosseel in Muizen, Belgium.

  • 22 December 1971 (-) raped, tortured and strangled Ida Van Isacker-Smeets in Mechelen, Belgium.

  • 23 April 1974 (x) Start of the trial against Van Eyken in Antwerpen, Belgium.

  • 2 May 1974 (x) is sentenced to death in Antwerpen, Belgium.


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