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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch and British police have joined forces to revive two old unsolved cases in which the bodies of women were found in canals stuffed in bags with their heads and hands hacked off.
Prosecutor's office spokeswoman Jeichien de Graaff says Melissa Halstead, 33, from Dayton, Ohio, was found in 1990 in Rotterdam's Westersingel.
The second victim, Paula Fields, a 31-year-old British mother of three, was found 11 years later in the Regent's Canal in London.
De Graaff said Tuesday that police now believe both women were killed by the same person. She would not reveal how they had been killed.
Dutch prosecutors and police were appealing on national television Tuesday night for information that could help crack the cases.
Prosecutor's office spokeswoman Jeichien de Graaff says Melissa Halstead, 33, from Dayton, Ohio, was found in 1990 in Rotterdam's Westersingel.
The second victim, Paula Fields, a 31-year-old British mother of three, was found 11 years later in the Regent's Canal in London.
De Graaff said Tuesday that police now believe both women were killed by the same person. She would not reveal how they had been killed.
Dutch prosecutors and police were appealing on national television Tuesday night for information that could help crack the cases.
