Killing of Nicole van den Hurk

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Fifteen-year-old Nicole van den Hurk (Dutch pronunciation: [niˈkɔl vɑn də(n) ˈɦʏr(ə)k; - dɛn -]) disappeared on 6 October 1995 in Eindhoven (the Dutch province of North Brabant), the Netherlands. Her body was found in the woods between Mierlo and Lierop on 22 November. Van den Hurk's stepbrother confessed to the killing and was arrested in 2011, but released five days later due to a lack of evidence. He later claimed to have falsely confessed so that her body would be exhumed for DNA tests. In January 2014, DNA collected from van den Hurk's remains and the crime scene led to the arrest of a man who had been convicted in other cases with the same modus operandi. The man, known as Jos de G. (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɔz də ˈɣeː]) (born 1967), was charged with rape and manslaughter. The trial began in 2015 and hinged on expert testimony from DNA analysts. In November 2016, de Graaf was convicted of rape but acquitted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. The prosecution...

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