Police investigating the death of a man
Delfgauw - The police have launched a large-scale investigation after the body of a 45-year-old man with no fixed abode was found in a burning car on Sunday morning, 8 December, in a car park at Rijksstraatweg.
A passer-by reported that a car was on fire at around 8am. Emergency services immediately went to the car park and firefighters started extinguishing the fire. They soon found the man inside the car while extinguishing the fire, but their attempt to help was to no avail. How the fire started is under investigation. The police are considering several scenarios, including the possibility of a crime. A large-scale Investigation team has been deployed. That means that about 20 detectives are working on this investigation.
Rijksstraatweg car park
The car was found in a car park at Rijksstraatweg in Delfgauw. This is just behind the Ruyven petrol station along the A13 Li, in the direction from Rotterdam to The Hague. This is generally a fairly busy car park and is known to be a men's meeting place.
Do you have any information?
The police would like to get in touch with you if you saw or heard anything suspicious at or around the Rijksstraatweg car park on the night of Saturday to Sunday 8 December between 1am and 8am.
If you have any images such as dashcam footage or something similar, we request that you check whether it contains anything that could be related to this investigation. You can contact us by calling 0900-8844 or use Meld Misdaad Anoniem (anonymous police hotline) on 0800-7000. You can also use the tip-off form below.
