Dutch Police Use Holograms To Reveal Cases Of The Murder Of Prostitutes In Amsterdam

Illustration. (Wikimedia Commons/Tony Webster)

JAKARTA - Holograms of a woman sitting behind a window in Amsterdam's Red Light District. He looked at the passerby, then seemed to knock on the window and exhaled into the glass. The glass seemed covered, and the word "help" appeared.

This hologram was created based on the 19-year-old Hungarian "Betty" Szabung, a 19-year-old Hungarian commercial sex worker (PSK) who was murdered in the Dutch capital in 2009.

More than 15 years after his death, police officers hope to reveal new information about his murder.

Szab Badminton grew in poverty in the city of Mrs. Maritime Affairs, Hungary, before moving to Amsterdam at the age of 18 and starting work as a prostitute, Dutch police said in a statement, quoted by CNN November 11.

Not long ago, she was pregnant. However, she continued to work during her pregnancy, until she gave birth to a son in November 2008. Three months later, she was found dead in her office, lying in a pool of blood.

He has been stabbed "tens of times," Dutch police said.

Despite a large-scale investigation, where police monitored CCTV, interviewed witnesses, and searched the scene, the case could not be revealed yet.

The holographic representation of Szabmen was created to reach those who might know something about his murder, but did not report it when it happened.

"It is difficult to determine what it takes to get a possible witness in this case to share their information with us," Benjamin van Gogh, coordinator of Amsterdam's People and Missing Persons Search Team, said in the statement.

"Hologram Betty can create certain relationships with her and thereby convince someone to report. In cases like this, we always try to show the victim's face, so informants know for whom they are doing it, and holograms are ways to go further," he continued.

Police discussed the campaign with the Szab total family, van Gogh said, adding they were "committed to do this dignifiedly and with a clear goal of achieving a form of justice for Betty by finding the killer or killer."

Meanwhile, Eline Roovers, Amsterdam Police spokesman, told CNN, "it's never too late to talk."

"Research shows people who commit crimes like this usually tell a lot of people - precisely 2.2 people - about what they have done. This means someone must know more about Betty's death," he explained.

For any information related to the case, the authorities provide a reward of up to 30,000 euros.

Roofers stressed that Amsterdam is accepting tourists from around the world, so police are urging those who visited the city in February 2009 to contact the police if they know anything.