Wife of a Goodyear Manager murdered-secretary under suspicion

In the case of the In Brussels, a top manager of the US tire manufacturer Goodyear murdered in Brussels the Belgian police arrested a 54-year-old suspect. According to Belgian media, it is the Flemish secretary of the US manager. An investigative judge ordered the woman’s arrest on Saturday.

Investigators searched a villa in Steenok candle near Brussels on Friday, such as the newspaper « De standaard » reported. The suspect lives there with her husband. This was stunned by the arrest. He does not know why his wife was associated with a murder.

According to information from the « Nieuwsblad“The investigators assume that the woman had an affair with her boss – and possibly murdered her rival for jealousy.

But no robbery?

The 61-year-old manager, who was responsible for the Goodyear business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, had discovered his wife on the evening of March 17 in the Woluwe-Saint-Pierre district in Brussels. The woman had been killed with a knife. Loud «  »Nieuwsblad » The manager initially panicked his secretary – she then alerted the emergency call.

At the scene, everything initially indicated that the woman was killed in a robbery. There was no expensive watches and jewelry in the apartment. Recordings of surveillance cameras also showed a masked person who was in the area hours before the crime. It remains unclear whether this person has something to do with the case.