Michel Bellen
Murderer
4known / alleged victims
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Case Facts
- Gender
- male
- Country
- Belgium
- Location
- Linkeroever/Leuven, Belgium
- Date of birth
- 19 38
- Characteristics
- rape
- Victim profile
- Women
- Method of murder
- Strangulation
- Date(s) of murder
- 1964-1965 / 1982
- Years active
- 1964–1982
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Life imprisonment
Sentenced to life in prison in 1965; paroled in 1982; condemned to death in 1983; sentence commuted to life in 1984
Case Summary
Background
Michel Bellen was a serial offender described as a rape-strangler of nurses who attacked in their homes.
The offence
Bellen’s motive was described as sex. His method of offence was described as rape and strangling nurses attacked in their homes.
Sentencing
Bellen was sentenced to life in prison in 1965. He was paroled in 1982. He was condemned to death in 1983. His death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1984.
Outcome
He was paroled in 1982. He was condemned in 1983, and his condemnation was followed by a commutation to life in prison in 1984.
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