Dutchwoman’s body sent to Netherlands

CHENNAI: The body of a Dutchwoman allegedly murdered by her boyfriend was flown to the Netherlands on Thursday.
Johanna Cornelia Lamberta, 35, was was found dead near Mamallapuram last Friday. Her live-in partner Remco Elisabeth Martin Joseph, 32, has been arrested on murder charges.
A funeral director assigned by the Dutch embassy in Mumbai collected the body from the government hospital in Chengalpet.“The office bearers of the funeral agency submitted the authorisation letter issued by Dutch Embassy and collected Lambreta’s body. They took the nearly decomposed body to Bangalore and got it embalmed at a private hospital. Then they took the body to Mumbai by air and sent it to the Netherlands with the help of the embassy,” inspector-general of police (north zone) C Sylendra Babu told TOI.
Police have preserved samples of flesh scraped from under the nails of Lamberta. Investigators plan to do a DNA test on Joseph to match it with flesh tissue, presuming that she would have scratched him during a struggle, if there was one, before her death.