Richard Klinkhamer

Richard Klinkhamer (born 15 March 1937) is a Dutch writer.^[1] In 2000 he was sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter after killing his wife and hiding her body.^{[2] [3]}

Wife's murder

The Klinkhamers former home, circa 2008

In 1991 Klinkhamer's wife, Hannelore Klinkhamer, went missing from their home. A year later Klinkhamer went to his publisher with the manuscript for Woensdag Gehaktdag which detailed seven ways in which he could have killed his wife. However the manuscript was rejected by his publisher, Willem Donker, as being "too gruesome". Despite being the primary suspect in her disappearance the police investigation yielded no concrete evidence against Klinkhamer despite being questioned multiple times and being detained once. In 1997 Klinkhamer sold the residence he shared with his wife and moved to Amsterdam. In 2000 the occupants of Klinkhamer's former residence started renovation on the garden and work crews discovered the skeletal remains of his wife in clay beneath cement floor in the garden shed. Shortly thereafter he was arrested and charged for his wife's murder, which he confessed to.^[4]

See also

• Krystian Bala

Bibliography

• Klinkhamer, Richard (2007) Woensdag Gehaktdag ISBN 978-90-77895-91-7
• Meijer, Martijn (2004) Klinkhamer: een leven tussen woord en moord ISBN 90-6801-431-5
• Klinkhamer, Richard (1996) Kruis of munt ISBN 90-5526-047-9
• Klinkhamer, Richard (1993) Losgeld ISBN 90-6100-390-3
• Klinkhamer, Richard (1983) De hotelrat en andere verhalen ISBN 90-236-5581-8
• Klinkhamer, Richard (1983) Gehoorzaam als een hond ISBN 90-236-5535-4

References

External links

• Dutch newspaper article from the NRC about Klinkhamer in 2000
• An article by Laura Martz about Klinkhamer and his work on Salon.com
• VPRO Television broadcast of 24 uur met Richard Klinkhamer in January 2008