Richard Klinkhamer

Richard Klinkhamer
Born(1937-03-15)15 March 1937
Ermelo, Netherlands
DiedJanuary 2016(2016-01-00) (aged 78)
OccupationWriter
LanguageDutch
Spouse
Hannelore
(m. 1948; died 1991)

Richard Klinkhamer (Dutch: [ˈriɕɑrt ˈklɪŋkˌɦaːmər]; 15 March 1937 – January 2016) was a Dutch murderer, who went on to write a book about how he could have committed the crime.[1] In 2000, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter after killing his wife and hiding her body.[2]

  1. ^ "'Woensdag gehaktdag' niet bij AKO". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 3 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  2. ^ Will Woodward, "The lying Dutchman: how a crime writer confessed to his wife's murder", The Guardian, 2000.