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A Dutch couple who were on their way to their second home in France have gone missing. The family is very worried. "Every trail is a dead end," says granddaughter Emily Corbeth. They are 83-year-old Paul and 80-year-old Gerda Klapper from Alphen aan den Rijn. The couple left Alphen aan den Rijn four days ago for their holiday address in Planchez, a village northeast of Lyon. They disappeared on the way. According to Corbeth, things have happened…
Where have 83-year-old Paul Klapper and his 80-year-old wife Gerda gone? The couple has been missing in France since last Thursday. Their children and grandchildren are very worried, especially because the couple is dependent on medication. "Normally my grandmother calls several times a day. Now the phones are turned off," says granddaughter Emily Corbeth. "That's really not like her."
Who would have better to take Jeanine Dumeaux away? Since Thursday, June 12, 2025, the gendarmes began to search for this octogenarian party to walk around with her son in Saint-Genès-Champanelle (Puy-de-Dôme) without ever returning. Quickly, an investigation was opened for disturbing disappearance, but her son claims that he is a kidnapping. The relatives of the octogenary are convinced of this, the retired woman was the victim of a kidnapping.…
Paul (83) and Gerda (80) Klapper from Alphen aan de Rijn, who have been missing since Friday, have still not been found. This was reported by a spokesperson on behalf of the family. The elderly couple did arrive in Northern France at some point, but since then there has been no trace of them.
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The two octogenaries, last seen Friday in the area of Saint-Dizier, were on their way to their secondary residence in Morvan, where they did not arrive.
Dutch elderly couple missing in France for days, family fears for their safety
A Dutch couple in their 80s has been missing in France for four days, prompting a desperate search by family members and authorities in both the Netherlands and France. Paul Klapper, 83, and his wife Gerda, 80, from Alphen aan den Rijn were last seen Thursday evening in the Belgian city of Charleroi while en route to their second home in Planchez, a French village they have visited regularly for the past 25 years, Omroep West reports.
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