Hologram aims to solve sex worker’s murder

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Hologram aims to solve **** worker’s *******

A hologram of a young **** worker haunts Amsterdam’s red light district.

Dressed in faded denim hotpants, a leopard-print ****, with a tattoo snaking up her stomach and across her chest, the 3D computer-generated image reaches out and appears to knock on the window to attract attention.

She leans forward, breathes on the glass and writes the word “help”.

The hologram is designed to represent Bernadette “Betty” Szabo, a 19-year-old woman from Hungary who was murdered a few months after giving birth in 2009.

Her fatal stabbing has baffled police for 15 years. Dutch cold case detectives are using the innovative technology for the first time in an effort to solve the case.

The murdered teenager’s image is being projected from behind a window, alongside hundreds of young women who continue to make a living in this notoriously risky industry.

Investigators hope the lifelike hologram will help jog memories and draw attention to the unsolved *******.

Until now, Betty’s ******* has eluded justice and cold case detective Anne Dreijer-Heemskerk is determined to change that: “A young woman, only 19, taken from life in such a horrific way.”

Szabo had a tough life and her story was one of hardship and resilience, according to the detective.

She had moved to Amsterdam aged 18 and became pregnant soon afterwards. She carried on working throughout her pregnancy, returning to the job shortly after her son was born.

It was in the early hours of 19 February 2009, when two **** workers went to check on the teenage mother during a break between clients, because they realised her usual music was not playing.

When they entered her ********, a small room with a plastic-covered bed, vanity table and sink, they discovered Betty Szabo’s body.

She had been murdered three months after giving birth, the victim of a savage ****** *******.

Her baby was placed in foster care and never got to know his mother – a fact that motivates detectives.

Although police immediately launched a ******* investigation, her ******* was never found. They combed through CCTV footage and questioned potential witnesses.

The majority of people eyeing the scantily dressed women behind the red neon windows are tourists. Police suspect the perpetrator came from abroad.

Now they are urging people who may have visited Amsterdam to think back, with a €30,000 reward to encourage witnesses to come forward.

As Amsterdam grapples with controversial plans to relocate its famous brothels to an out-of-town “******* zone”, Betty Szabo’s hologram offers a poignant reminder of the vulnerability of **** workers in an area that, despite a range of security measures, ******** perilous.

**** workers have voiced concerns that removing the women who sell **** from public view could expose them to even greater danger.

The fact that such a violent ****** could occur in one of the Netherlands’ busiest nightspots without witnesses coming forward continues to confound investigators.

In the historic red-light district where she once lived and worked, the teenage **** worker’s digital presence reminds passers-by that her case is yet to be solved.

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