User:Timyboy12345/Kidnapping of Toos van der Valk

The kidnapping of Toos van der Valk, the wife of Gerrit van der Valk - owner of the Van der Valk-concern - was a controversial misdemeneanor in the Netherlands in 1982.

Late at night, on november 26, 1982, Toos van der Valk was taken from her house in Nuland, Noord-Brabant by three Italian men. She was hidden in a flat in Belgium and released after a ransom of 12,5 million gulden was paid. She was released on december 17, 1982.

The negotiations were handled by Joep van den Nieuwenhuyzen, van der Valks son in law.

She was blindfolded en chained to a stove, but in the rare moments the blindfold came off she was able to get to know where she was. She tried to alarm by writing letters, but her kidnappers found out about this. Toos was eventually released in close to Eindhoven, The Netherlands. She then rang the doorbell of a villa in the OOievaarsnest-wijk in Eindhoven.