The lifeless body of Emilietta Chini discovered in a wood in Maasmechelen

Suffering from dementia, Emilietta Chini left her home on foot, asked a local resident for the direction of a street, then was no longer seen.

The search had multiplied since then, among other things at the call of the family. On Sunday, a slipper was found. But the search might not continue. “It’s a pity that it was finally a walker who found the body”, regrets Dominique, the son, in Het Nieuwsblad. “For us, we lost precious time. There was still a little hope. But hey… She has now been found…”