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AFSCHEIDSBRIEF VERKLAART WAAROM 74­JARIGE MET DEMENTERENDE VROUW UIT LEVEN STAPT

Geen dag langer kon hij aanzien hoe de 75­jarige vrouw met wie hij zovele jaren lief en leed had gedeeld verder wegkwijnde. Omdat ze geen euthanasie kon krijgen, zag Robert De Clercq (74) geen andere oplossing dan zijn dementerende vrouw zelf te doden. Daarna pleegde hij aan haar zijde zelfmoord. Voor zijn familie en de politie liet hij afscheidsbrieven achter: “We hebben hier zelf voor gekozen.”

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