Murdered Amsterdam sex worker, 19, brought back to life in chilling hologram sparking flurry of tips that may solve case

The murder of an Amsterdam sex worker who was revived in a spooky hologram has prompted a wave of leads that may lead to the murder’s eventual resolution.

In February 2009, Bernadett “Betty” Szabo was discovered in a pool of blood along the city’s notorious Red Light District, having been stabbed many times.

Fifteen years after the young woman’s death, police employed a life-size holographic copy of Betty in a final attempt to apprehend her perpetrator.

Additionally, a police spokesperson informed The Sun that authorities are currently receiving a large number of tips.

Betty is shown in the visualization seated behind a window on a stool.

Wearing denim shorts, gray heels, and a leopard print bra, she is reaching out to passersby in the Red Light District while sporting a big tattoo of a dragon running up her body.

The word “help” is displayed as the murdered woman leans forward and breathes on the window in the 3D rendering.

Investigators hoped the holographic appeal would transport viewers to 2009 and evoke recollections of whether they had visited or seen her, and it worked.

Eline Roovers, an Amsterdam police spokesman, described how the hologram had led to new leads in the case.

“We have a ton of tips,” she told The Sun. The golden tip, the ultimate tip, has not yet been given to us.

“We are looking into each of these suggestions and attempting to determine whether there are any further clues that warrant further investigation.

“We gathered evidence at the scene at the time – so that’s something that will give us nowadays leads and new traces we can investigate.”

At the age of 18, the young Hungarian girl relocated to Amsterdam and began working as a prostitute in the Red Light District.

According to police, Betty had just given birth three months before to being killed at work.

According to Anne Dreijer-Heemskerk of the cold case team, her infant boy was placed in foster care and “never had the chance to know his mother” as a result of the brutal murder.

Two of her coworkers decided to check on her the night she was brutally murdered after noticing she wasn’t where she usually was on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal, a roadway and canal.

They found Betty with several stab wounds in a pool of blood.

After her death was sadly discovered, Amsterdam police claim they opened a thorough investigation, looking through CCTV material and interviewing any witnesses.

However, when investigators failed to identify a culprit, the case was abandoned.

The crew talked “extensively” with her loved ones and the police department before agreeing to utilize the hologram.

According to Ms. Roovers, the family members of the slain sex worker “really support” them in their efforts to uncover the horrific crime.

Years later, she said, the family is “positive” and “eager to help” on the way the police handled her case.

Officers assume that someone will be able to offer information.

They’re hoping that Betty’s hologram will “help people feel a connection to her” and inspire them to provide any information they may have.

Millions of tourists visit Amsterdam each year, in part because of the city’s lax attitude against drug use and sex trafficking.

People from all around the Red Light District come to buy sex because it is legal and regulated in the Netherlands as long as it is between two consenting adults.

According to police, it implies that people who are aware of what happened to young Betty could be from anywhere in the world.

“This is a really international scene,” Ms. Roovers stated.

“Every day, a large number of individuals from many countries pass by.

Since we know that there must be individuals out there with more knowledge, we were really hoping to figure out how to reach a wider audience than simply the Netherlands.

“We know that people that, for example, commit a murder, usually tell multiple people about what they’ve done, which means that we know there must be people out there that have more information.”

According to Ms. Roovers, police have always been impacted by the case and Betty’s tale, even though the cold case is nearly ten years old.

Given that Betty was so young and had recently given child, she described her murder as a “extremely tragic story” and said that she had returned to sex work in order to earn money.

Ms. Roovers continued, “We have officers that up until this day were touched by her story and really wanted to solve the case.”

Questions about the future of crime solving are raised by the employment of a hologram in Betty’s case.

Although it’s unclear if other forces throughout the world have previously employed the futuristic technique, Ms. Roovers claims that Betty’s case has been a “success” thus far.

Additionally, it might result in the creation of more holograms.

This is the first time Amsterdam police have ever attempted to solve a crime using a hologram, which was made utilizing 3D visualization technology.

It was deemed “unique” and “daring” by Benjamin van Gogh, who coordinated Amsterdam’s investigative communication team.

He continued, “We want to do right by Betty, her loved ones, and the case.”

A reward of $25,000 (30,000) is also being offered by the police for information that helps “achieve justice” and solve Betty’s case, as Ms. Roovers explained.

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