Overview
- Andy van den Hurk posted a fabricated Facebook confession in March 2011, was arrested in the UK and extradited, then freed five days later when no evidence tied him to the crime.
- Nicole’s remains were exhumed in September 2011, and testing found DNA from her then-boyfriend and an unidentified male profile.
- The unidentified DNA matched convicted rapist Jos de G, who had prior offenses including an attack resembling Nicole’s case.
- Prosecutors charged de G in April 2014, but after the defense argued the DNA could stem from consensual contact, he was cleared of homicide and sentenced to five years for rape.
- The Dutch Supreme Court upheld de G’s five-year sentence in June 2020, leaving Nicole van den Hurk’s murder officially unsolved.