How Handyman Michel (27) Killed Pensioner Paul (64) for Stamps: “That Special Button Cost Him His Life”

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“The handyman had been threatening him for months. He wanted more money, and his valuable stamp collection.” In August 1980, Rik Cipers found the missing car of rentier Paul Bail (64) in Hoegaarden, Flemish Brabant, with a pool of blood next to it. In the trunk lay the body of his good friend. How the man met his end defies all imagination: the autopsy report revealed that Paul strangled himself when he tried to escape. What dubious role did the…