Overview
- The death was shared by his sister on Facebook and relayed by advocacy group StopFemicideNu, with a family notice in Leek stating he died on 23 February in Zwolle and that the funeral will be private.
- The penitentiary spokesperson confirms a suicide in PI Zwolle, declining to provide the identity or details of the incident.
- Victims’ lawyer Sébas Diekstra reports that Mieke Oort’s relatives are deeply shocked and intensely grieving following the news.
- Thomas R., 31, from Leek, was serving a 15‑year prison term with TBS imposed in November 2022 for the murder of 21‑year‑old student Mieke Oort.
- The 2022 crime followed stalking after a Tinder encounter and included a firebomb attack on her student flat and multiple stabbings that killed Oort and seriously injured her partner.