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Matthijs's (22) Suicide Came as a Bolt From the Blue

Summary by Omroep Brabant
It was a sunny Saturday in Aalst when Henny Oosterbosch (74) watched the carnival parade with her granddaughter in 2014. They were waiting for her son. “Grandma, where is Uncle Matthijs?” she asked. “Oh, he’ll surely be here later!” she replied. But Matthijs never arrived. When Henny and her granddaughter were back home later that afternoon, the doorbell rang. Two police officers stood at her door and told her that her son (22) had taken his own…
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It was a sunny Saturday in Aalst when Henny Oosterbosch (74) watched the carnival parade with her granddaughter in 2014. They were waiting for her son. “Grandma, where is Uncle Matthijs?” she asked. “Oh, he’ll surely be here later!” she replied. But Matthijs never arrived. When Henny and her granddaughter were back home later that afternoon, the doorbell rang. Two police officers stood at her door and told her that her son (22) had taken his own…

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Omroep Brabant broke the news on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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