A mysterious tattoo, a black flower tattooed on her left forearm, is known to British Rita Roberts 31 years after her disappearance.
Interpol announced that in 1992 a painting in a river in Antwerp belonged to the British woman.
It was one of his relatives who saw the tattoo on an online page called “Identify Me”: “A member of his family circle in the United Kingdom identified the tattoo and informed Interpol,” explains a press release from Interpol, whose headquarters are located in the French city. of Lyon.
Roberts is known for a “black flower tattooed on her left forearm, with green leaves and the word ‘R Nick’ written underneath,” the foreign police cooperation organization added.
This unprecedented campaign, launched through Interpol in May, calls on the general public to identify the bodies of 22 women discovered over several decades in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands (including that of Rita Roberts) and thus advance the investigation of those unsolved bodies. case.
Interpol publishes on its website and social networks various information, previously reserved for internal use, compromising the identity of the human remains.
Nearly “1,250 contributions from the public” have already been collected, but Rita Roberts is the first known person to thank the show.
Her relatives moved to Belgium and “formally met her,” Interpol said.
The young woman had left Cardiff for Antwerp in February 1992. The last sign of life came through his family circle with a postcard dated May 6, according to Belgian police. He was 31 years old at the time.
On June 3, a painting was discovered in the river Het Groot Schijn. The victim, according to Belgian police, “died a violent death. “
His tattoo is striking, but there is no means to identify it.
“After 31 years, a murdered and unidentified woman must regain her identity and her family members can leave,” said Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock.