Woman found dead on Dutch beach named after 21 years
Woman found dead on Dutch beach named after 21 years
A woman whose body was found on a Dutch beach in 2004 has become the fourth person to be named through an international police campaign called Operation Identify Me.
The woman was named on Friday as 35-year-old German citizen Eva Maria Pommer. She was identified following a tip-off to police in the Netherlands.
The cause of death remains unexplained, and police are continuing to investigate.
Operation Identify Me was launched in 2023 to find the names of women who had been murdered or died in suspicious or unexplained circumstances in six European countries.
Known as "the woman with the German keys", Ms Pommer's body was discovered lying in sand dunes on a remote beach near the city of Wassenaar in July 2004. There were no obvious signs of injury or struggle.
The BBC visited the beach last year, where Dutch forensic investigator Sandra Baasbank said Ms Pommer was wearing brown plaid leggings and red shiny patent shoes – "unusual if you are going for a walk on the beach".
She had also been carrying a key that linked her to the German city of Bottrop, close to the Dutch border.
But police were unable to trace the key to a precise address, and her identity remained a mystery for two decades.
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