{"id":144929,"date":"2023-11-14T22:17:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144929"},"modified":"2023-11-14T22:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:17:38","slug":"the-woman-with-the-flower-tattoo-is-identified-after-three-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/the-woman-with-the-flower-tattoo-is-identified-after-three-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;The woman with the flower tattoo&apos; is identified after three decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;The woman with the flower tattoo&#8217; is identified after three decades: Murder victim found in a river in Belgium in 1992 is revealed to be missing British 31-year-old &#8211; as hunt for killer continues<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The body of Rita Roberts was identified by a relative who recognised her tattoo<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A murder victim known only as &#8216;the woman with the flower tattoo&#8217; has finally been identified after three decades\u00a0as a British 31-year-old, with the hunt for her killer still underway.<\/p>\n<p>Rita Roberts was violently killed before her body was dumped in a river in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>She had moved to Antwerp from Cardiff in February of that year and her family last heard from her when they received a postcard in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On June 3, her body was discovered floating against a grate of a water treatment plant in the Groot Schijn river, near Ten Eekhovelei, with detectives saying it had possibly been in the water for some time.<\/p>\n<p>She was wearing distinctive neon sports clothes and her most striking physical feature was a flower tattoo on her left forearm of a black flower with green leaves and with &#8216;R&#8217;Nick&#8217; inscribed underneath.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For three decades, she remained nameless, until an international effort to identify her was launched this year, allowing her agonised family to say goodbye at last.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77776143-12746931-image-m-10_1699955485614.jpg\" height=\"829\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rita Roberts\u00a0had moved to Antwerp from Cardiff in February 1992 and her family last heard from her when they received a postcard in May\u00a0that year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77776141-12746931-image-a-4_1699955374284.jpg\" height=\"481\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old&#8217;s most striking physical feature was a flower tattoo on her left forearm of a black flower with green leaves and with &#8216;R&#8217;Nick&#8217; written underneath<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77776295-12746931-image-a-13_1699955676452.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On June 3, Rita&#8217;s body was discovered floating against a grate of a water treatment plant in the Groot Schijn river<\/p>\n<p>Now that she has been identified, Belgian authorities are calling on the public to come forward with any information they may have as they continue to search for her killer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An international appeal was launched in May this year which saw Belgian,\u00a0Dutch\u00a0and German police collaborate with INTERPOL to try and identify 22 unknown women believed to have been murdered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While many of their identities are still unknown, a family member in the UK recognised Rita&#8217;s tattoo on the news and came forward, contacting The International Criminal Police Organization and Belgian authorities online.<\/p>\n<p>The family then travelled to meet with investigators in Belgium, and formally identified Rita.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The news was shocking and heartbreaking,&#8217; they said in a statement. &#8216;Our passionate, loving and free-spirited sister was cruelly taken away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are no words to truly express the grief we felt at that time, and still feel today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Whilst the news has been difficult to process, we are incredibly grateful to have uncovered what happened to Rita.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The family said that while they continue to miss Rita deeply, they are thankful for the support of Belgium Missing Persons, Antwerp Police,\u00a0INTERPOL\u00a0and Durham Police in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77776293-12746931-image-a-14_1699955680137.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Her body was found near Antwerp&#8217;s Sportpaleis events hall, which is near a motorway, park and a busy residential and shopping area<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/09\/77776291-12746931-image-a-12_1699955641153.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rita had been wearing distinctive sports clothes and neon trainers when she was found dead<\/p>\n<h3>What are black notices?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Black Notices are used by INTERPOL to uncover information on unidentified bodies.<\/p>\n<p>They appeal to the public to help determine the circumstances surrounding a death, usually sharing key pieces of information, like the rose tattoo on the body of Rita Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>This could be information on the location where the body was found, biometric information such as DNA, fingerprints, facial images, dental charts, physical descriptions of the body or clothing, and a range of other details.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This cross-border collaboration has given a missing girl back her identity, and enabled the family to know she is at rest,&#8217; they said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rita was a beautiful person who adored travelling. She loved her family, especially her nephews and nieces, and always wanted to have a family of her own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She had the ability to light up a room, and wherever she went, she was the life and soul of the party. We hope that wherever she is now, she is at peace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation fell under the &#8216;Identify Me&#8217; programme, launched earlier this year and aimed at cold cases.<\/p>\n<p>Created to help identify 22 suspected female murder victims, Identify Me has received more than 500 messages and tips from the public, INTERPOL said.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary General J\u00fcrgen Stock said today: &#8216;After 31 years an unidentified murdered woman has been given her name back and some closure has been brought to her family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Such cases underline the vital need to connect police worldwide, especially when missing persons are involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We congratulate the authorities in Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands for their leadership in Operation Identify Me. Its important work continues.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>INTERPOL urges members of the public, particularly those who remember a missing friend or family member, to get in touch via their Identify Me portal if they recognise anyone on the site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12746931\/The-woman-flower-tattoo-identified-three-decades-Murder-victim-river-Belgium-1992-revealed-missing-British-31-year-old-hunt-killer-continues.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The woman with the flower tattoo&#8217; is identified after three decades: Murder victim found in a river in Belgium in 1992 is revealed to be&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&amp;apos;The woman with the flower tattoo&amp;apos; 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