21-years old Mieke Oort died after she got stabbed by a stalker in the Netherlands last week, and the man identified as Thomas R. got arrested on the charge of murder.
A Massachusetts woman, Mieke Oort, was enrolled at the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, who got killed Sunday morning on March 6, 2022, in her apartment in Leeuwarden, a city about 25 miles north of the Duch capital of Amsterdam.
Mieke got brutally stabbed by an accused stalker she met on Tinder, who grew jealous and tracked her bike when she rekindled with her ex-boyfriend. The accuser placed a GPS device on her motorcycle to track her down.
Who And Where Is The Suspect Stalker? Mieke Oort Murder Update
A 27-years-old man named Thomas R. of Leek got arrested as a suspect in the murder of Mieke Oort. The police said that Thomas stabbed Mieke out of jealousy as Mieke was got together with her ex-boyfriend.
Mieke had recently moved into the apartment in the town, 90 minutes away from Amsterdam, after breaking up with her boyfriend, Michael van der Wall, with whom she was in a relationship for two years.
After her breakup, she briefly dated Thomas, whom she met via Tinder. But after Mieke reconciled with Michael, Thomas became violent and started stalking her. Thomas harassed her via WhatsApp, and he drove up and down her street, putting a GPS tracking device on her bike.
Netherlands police said that after the murder, the suspect Thomas, a resident of Leek, fled by car but got arrested near Leer, Germany, on March 6, 2022, after being turned by his parents. The police said that he got held in Germany, and as soon as the suspect is present in Netherlands, he will be taken into custody and will be interrogated.
Meet Mieke Oort Sister Danique Oort
21-years-old Mieke Oort, who got stabbed by a stalker in the Netherlands, grew up in Winchester and graduated from Winchester High School in 2009 before moving to the Netherlands for her higher study. She belongs to a Dutch household and lived with her sister Danique Oort.
Danique Oort said that her younger sister, Mieke was the sweetest and brave woman who put everyone before herself, and she still finds it hard to cope with this situation and could not believe her baby sister is no more.
According to the police, they got a call around 3:30 am on Sunday about a fire in Mieke’s apartment on Tweebasksmarkt in Leeuwarden. The fire got quickly extinguished, and the police found Mieke’s body. Two other men aged 25 and 30 living in the same building also got injured.
The police said that the fire started after Thomas threw an incendiary bomb against the house to force the other residents out, and a fight broke out in the staircase between two male residents, and they got stabbed by Thomas. Later, Thomas went upstairs and stabbed Miere with a sharp object.