d: 1987
Summary
Name:
Michel Van WijnendaeleYears Active:
1987Status:
DeceasedClass:
Mass MurdererVictims:
7Method:
ShootingDeath:
May 12, 1987Nationality:
Belgiumd: 1987
Summary: Mass Murderer
Name:
Michel Van WijnendaeleStatus:
DeceasedVictims:
7Method:
ShootingNationality:
BelgiumDeath:
May 12, 1987Years Active:
1987Michel Van Wijnendaele was born around 1959 in Belgium.
Michel Van Wijnendaele (c. 1959 – May 12, 1987) was a Belgian mass murderer who killed seven people in Bogaarden, Belgium on May 12, 1987. He also wounded three others before committing suicide.
At approximately 2:00 p.m., Van Wijnendaele, armed with a .22-caliber rifle, entered a farm in Bogaarden. He shot dead Jean Baptiste Nechelput and his wife Margriet Nechelput. He also shot their daughter Liliane De Crem, her husband Edgard De Crem, and their son Christian De Crem. He wounded another son of the De Crem family with a shot in the stomach after a short scuffle.
At a neighbouring farm he killed Marie-Thérèse Walraevens and her son Ludovic Derycke, aged 3, apparently because they had witnessed the shooting. He then fled the scene in his car. While police set up roadblocks, he went to Denderwindeke, where he shot and wounded his parents-in-law three or four hours later.
Van Wijnendaele was spotted by police in Brugelette while filling his car at a gas station. A car chase followed and ended at about 7:00 p.m. when the 28-year-old was cornered by police in Sirault, near Mons. He committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
Victims: Jean Baptiste Nechelput, 90; Margriet Nechelput, 84; Liliane De Crem, 46; Edgard De Crem, 54; Christian De Crem, 20; Marie-Thérèse Walraevens, 37; Ludovic Derycke, 3.
