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Jolande van der GraafJolande was an investigative/crimes reporter at leading newspapers (De Telegraaf, Rotterdams Dagblad) in the Netherlands for over 30 years. She investigated and covered numerous cases of unsolved homicide, missing persons and suspicious deaths – often resulting in new leads and insights.
Over the course of her career Jolande attended several forensic (medical) training courses at Independent Forensic Services (Santa Fe, NM) and the Body Farm, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility (Knoxville). She established excellent, continuing working relations with former police detectives, forensic (medical) experts, behavioral scientists and victim advocates in the Netherlands and abroad. |
As a reporter she also revealed a series of flaws in police inquiries into missing and murdered children (Milly Boele and Jennefer van Oostende). As a result of the exposure, Dutch law enforcement agencies substantially improved their procedures regarding missing persons inquiries.
In a joint investigation with former police detectives she found out three individuals being wrongly convicted in murder cases (the Spelonk Murder Case at Aruba and the Showbiz Murder Case in the Netherlands). All three of them were later acquitted by Dutch court.
After quitting her job at the newspaper in 2018, Jolande co-authored the book ‘Moordsporen, op zoek naar de waarheid achter cold cases’ (Traces of murder, in pursuit for the truth in cold cases), published 2019. A second book is in preparation.
Jolande is frequently approached by victim’s family members who are desperately looking for answers. Nowadays she is working these cases on a voluntarily basis. In 2019 she started working a homicide case with the Cold Case Foundation, still in progress.
For a period of five years Amber Alert Netherlands and Amber Alert Europe consulted her as communication specialist. Currently Jolande is attending a training course to become a licensed private investigator.
In a joint investigation with former police detectives she found out three individuals being wrongly convicted in murder cases (the Spelonk Murder Case at Aruba and the Showbiz Murder Case in the Netherlands). All three of them were later acquitted by Dutch court.
After quitting her job at the newspaper in 2018, Jolande co-authored the book ‘Moordsporen, op zoek naar de waarheid achter cold cases’ (Traces of murder, in pursuit for the truth in cold cases), published 2019. A second book is in preparation.
Jolande is frequently approached by victim’s family members who are desperately looking for answers. Nowadays she is working these cases on a voluntarily basis. In 2019 she started working a homicide case with the Cold Case Foundation, still in progress.
For a period of five years Amber Alert Netherlands and Amber Alert Europe consulted her as communication specialist. Currently Jolande is attending a training course to become a licensed private investigator.