Richard Klinkhamer
Dutch murderer (1937–2016)
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- Richard Klinkhamer ( Dutch: [ˈriɕɑrt ˈklɪŋkˌɦaːmər] ; 15 March 1937 – January 2016) was a Dutch writer of crime fiction who killed his wife in 1991 and went on to write a book about how he could have committed the crime.
- Murder conviction In 1991 Klinkhamer's wife, Hannelore (née Godfrinon), went missing from their home in Hongerige Wolf.
- ' Wednesday, Mince Day ' ), which detailed seven ways in which he could have killed his wife.
- The manuscript was rejected by his publisher, Willem Donker, as being "too gruesome".
- Nevertheless, the investigation yielded no concrete evidence against the writer.
Richard Klinkhamer (Dutch: [ˈriɕɑrt ˈklɪŋkˌɦaːmər]; 15 March 1937 – January 2016) was a Dutch writer of crime fiction who killed his wife in 1991 and went on to write a book about how he could have committed the crime. In 2000, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter after killing his wife and hiding her body.
Murder conviction
In 1991 Klinkhamer's wife, Hannelore (née Godfrinon), went missing from their home in Hongerige Wolf. A year later Klinkhamer went to his publisher with the manuscript for Woensdag Gehaktdag (lit. 'Wednesday, Mince Day'), which detailed seven ways in which he could have killed his wife. One scenario had him disposing of her body by pushing her flesh through a mincer, then feeding it to the pigeons. The manuscript was rejected by his publisher, Willem Donker, as being "too gruesome". Klinkhamer became the primary suspect in the police investigation for the disappearance of Hannelore: he was questioned several times and detained once. Nevertheless, the investigation yielded no concrete evidence against the writer.
In 1997 Klinkhamer sold the residence he had shared with his wife and moved to Amsterdam with a new girlfriend. Details of Klinkhamer's manuscript began to surface in the Dutch underground press, allowing him to become a minor celebrity and participate to the literary party circuit.
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