Overview

• Police confirmed the victim as 35-year-old Eva Maria Pommer of Bottrop after a tip submitted via the Identify Me campaign led to DNA identification.
• Recklinghausen police and the Essen public prosecutor are leading new inquiries into her death and are seeking information on her contacts, treating physicians, medical history and travel plans in early July 2004.
• Investigators note her handbag with identity documents was found in her Bottrop apartment, suggesting the trip to the Netherlands was not planned or possibly not voluntary.
• The BKA released a photo and investigators published an AI-assisted facial reconstruction to help generate leads and locate potential witnesses.
• A passerby found the body in 2004 in dunes near Wassenaar, and a keyring with German keys was recovered at the scene while the cause of death remains under investigation.