Ingrid and Lodewijk 'killed by a blow to the head'
Sunday, June 2, 2013 @ 11:46 AM
THE international Dutch volleyball player who was found dead along with her partner among lemon trees in the Murcia Region was killed by a severe blow to the head, police reveal.
And they found out about the murder after a friend of the man who hired two Romanian hitmen reported him after receiving a 'strange request'.
Forensics say the Dutch pair suffered a blow so violent it lead to the 'destruction of the central nervous system', or such severe brain damage as to lead to instant death.
Post-mortems on the couple have confirmed their identity but further examinations will be needed to ascertain what was used as the murder weapon, the date and time of the killing, and whether the victims had any chance of defending themselves.
Ingrid Visser, 36, who was three months' pregnant at the time and on a two-day visit to Spain for an appointment at a fertility clinic in Murcia, and Lodewijk Severin, 57, were lured to a house in nearby Molina de Segura which the killer, Juan Cuenca, had rented.
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