The mystery of Heidi De Schepper: the Police discover that she has been missing for 15 years, her partner never said anything and now explains that she vanished “overnight”

Heidi De Schepper was 26 years old when she disappeared in 2010However, it was not until last year that the Belgian police discovered this case. It has been more than a decade since trace of the young woman with a well-groomed appearance, long hair and dark eyes was lost. Nevertheless, her partner and father of her three children (2, 3 and 7 years old) He never reported to the authorities. Now, in a recent interrogation, she reported that she left “overnight” and that “all her belongings” also disappeared with her.

De Schepper lived with her boyfriend since she was 18 in a house in Balen, in the Antwerp region. After a difficult childhood, she broke off all contact with her entire family, so the only people who could have reported her missing were her children or her boyfriend. “She had few social contacts and lived in isolation. This could explain why no one said anything for 14 years,” explained Antwerp prosecutor spokesman Kristof Aerts.

The absence was discovered by chancewhen the school one of her children tried to contact heras stated in the newspaper L’Independant. Aerts has detailed that throughout last year there were numerous search efforts carried out to see if there was any trace of Heidi. The only thing they found were two details: that on May 6, 2010, the Balen City Council collected a provisional driving license in the name of Heidi de Schepper – something that she or someone else could have done. And His DNI, valid until 2011, was never renewedeither.

last monday his former partner was detained and interrogated for hours. The journalists of the Belgian media HLN News They have approached the suspect’s house to try to get some information. Some of his neighbors have reported that it is a “dangerous man, with many problems and with a short fuse.” The children’s father wanted to clarify that it all started when one of the little ones played hooky. “They had tried to call the mother, but they couldn’t contact her, that seemed suspicious to them and they notified the police behind my back. The agents came with heavy artillery,” he comments.

“I was walking my dog, the police had already knocked on the door of my parents who live a little further away. They told them he had fled. When I got home, there were many cars parked, they came to search me,” he adds. He says that after They interrogated him for nine hours and that since he came out without handcuffs, he thought it was a “good” thing.

The man comments that He did not report her disappearance because he knew her perfectly and she knew that if she felt pursued, she would only flee further. Later, tears begin to well up in her eyes and she confesses to reporters that Heidi had had difficulties with drugs. “His situation only got worse. I simply couldn’t stand it anymore and I gave him the choice: either your children or that shit,” he says. He remembers that he went to work and that he was terrified of returning home, especially because of the children. “Because what would I find there? The mother asleep on the couch and the drugs still on the table. I used speed because I wanted to lose weight. Once they hospitalized her because she only weighed 35 kilos,” he points out.

“I had a double life full of drugs and going out”continues. He assures that Heidi “was the perfect mother”, but that as soon as she fed the little ones it was time to consume and that at a certain point it became “too much”. Her former partner also told what the last moments with her were like. They went to the doctor and there she recognized that she had a problem. Seven days passed between that date and the last time they saw each other, during which she did not speak to him again. A week later, Heidi dropped the little ones off at his parents’ house. It was a Friday and since they always had fries on Fridays, he left them ready and left.

The police continue their investigation, looking for any trace both in the country and abroad. For now, the analysis is still ongoing and no hypothesis has been ruled out.