I wonder if this is true. According to dutch newssites the woman was here since two months after the very recent death of her husband. She stayed in the house of a friend to recover from her recent loss. She would go back next month.
Sad story.
Google translation.
Raamsdonksveer - Daniel Cooks (37) and Mariska van der Vorst (32) from Raamsdonksveer sitting in sackcloth and ashes. First stepfather commits suicide and then mother Marion murdered in the Dominican Republic. They want the body of the mother of Daniel's return to the Netherlands. But they can not afford.
The mother, Marion Marino, went headlong to the Dominican Republic after her husband had committed suicide. She wanted to break from the misery she had witnessed.
The 55-year-old woman was found murdered in a ditch. Her boyfriend is now in the Dominican Republic on suspicion of murdering the woman.
Youtube movie
Son Daniel was informed of the murder of his mother through a newspaper and a video on youtube. "Just horrible. Really terrible," said Daniel struck. He has the picture of him and his mother in the room with a few bunches of flowers in there. "You just do not expect that if your mother is resting in the Caribbean, that she was murdered."
Insurance
Her body was buried in a temporary cemetery. Son Daniel and his girlfriend Mariska like her at all costs to the Netherlands and her buried here. But they have the money. Mother Marion was very emotional when she left in a hurry and forgot to take a travel insurance.
Too expensive
The returning of the body, costs 6500 euros. That amount, the couple does not. They just spent all their savings to the rebuilding of their homes, unaware of the tragedy that awaited them.
When asked if it is not their own fault, Mariska answer. "I understand that people are stupid that Marion no travel insurance, but it will be your mother but his. That murdered is found in a distant land. We are now at great expense. That 6500 euro is just transportation. Then the funeral in the Netherlands. "
Wilders
The couple calls on the government. But who would not pay that amount. "They really let you in the lurch", says Mariska. They are in touch with Geert Wilders. "No idea what this can do for us, but there must be somewhere an emergency fund for these unique situations," says Mariska.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs knows the story of Daniel and Mariska, but they mean nothing.
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