Overview
- Police mounted a large search on Monday in and around the Dordtse Kil after a foot in a shoe found in the Beneden-Merwede was identified as 16-year-old Yoran Krol.
- Authorities disclosed that a separate foot recovered in mid-January from the same river area was identified as 75-year-old Marijke de Groot.
- The operation deployed the national underwater search team (LTOZ) with boats and sonar, while shoreline teams used scent dogs, but no additional remains or evidence were found.
- Both identifications tie long-running missing-person investigations to the Beneden-Merwede/Dordtse Kil waterway network, prompting renewed but thus far fruitless searches.
- Yoran vanished in December 2023 after leaving a youth center in Almkerk, with his bicycle and later his jacket found near the Merwede, while Marijke’s March 2024 disappearance left her bicycle parked at Boven Havendijk with no farewell note; inquiries continue with family support in place.