Michel Stockx

Michel Stockx (born in Lochristi in 1942 - died in Beverwijk on September 25, 2001) was a Belgian serial killer who worked as a truck driver in Assen.

On July 27, 1991, he lured 11-year-old Jessica Laven from Blokker out a swimming pool in Zwaag. Later she was found strangled in Bad Nieuweschans. During his interrogation, Stockx also confessed to abusring and murdering two German boys, 13-year-old Marco Weisser from Wiesbaden and 10-year-old Salim Thattil from Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

There are also persistent rumours that Stockx is responsible for the death of 10-year-old Belgian girl Nathalie Geijsbregts. Sjaak H., a member of the Venlo Gang, claimed that Stockx would have told him if that were true. He was also questioned as a suspect in the murder of Cheryl Morriën from IJmuiden but he denied any involvement.^[1]

In addition, his name is mentioned in connection to the murder of 10-year-old Anaïs Marcelli in the French Mulhouse.

For the murders of Laven, Weisser and Thattil, Michel Stockx was sentenced to 20 years in prison in November 1992 and he was detained in the Scheveningen Penitentiary. A few months before his death there was a stir in the Netherlands when it turned out that he received a disability benefit in prison.^[2]

On September 18, 2001, during his work therapy, he knocked over a bottle of turpentine and banged a fluorescent tube, causing a fire. More than 60% of his body was burned severely and he was transported to the burn center in Beverwijk. He died there on September 25. The parents of Jessica Laven were pleased with the news. According to the police, it was an incident, but the media speculated it was an assassination attempt or suicide. However, the authorities refuted these claims.

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