Criminal penalty Life imprisonment Span of killings 2007–January 1, 2010 Name Ronald Janssen | Victims 3-15 Country Belgium Date apprehended January 2010 | |
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Born February 6, 1971 (age 53) ( 1971-02-06 ) Boorsem, Belgium Conviction(s) Murder, Kidnapping,Viol avec tortures (Rape with torture) Similar Marc Dutroux, Michel Fourniret, András Pándy | ||
Ronald Alain Janssen (born February 6, 1971) is a Belgian serial killer who was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 3 people.
Biography
Ronald Janssen was born on February 6, 1971 in Boorsem, Belgium. He had been a technical drawing teacher at a high school and was a divorced father of two daughters. He had been described as "quiet and withdrawn."
Janssen was arrested after the January 1, 2010 shooting deaths of Shana Appeltans, 18, and her fiance Kevin Paulus, 22, who were found in their burned car. He confessed to killing 18-year-old student Annick Van Uytsel in 2007. Annick van Uytsel had been cycling home when Janssen forced her into his car at gunpoint and imprisoned her in his basement cellar for hours. He later bludgeoned her to death and placed her body, with weights attached, in a lake. He has been connected to as many as 15 murders dating back to 1991. Janssen is also suspected of committing twenty rapes since 2001. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on October 21, 2011.