Diest In the fish pond of the provinciedomein The Half Moon to the Omer Vanoudenhovenlaan in Diest is Wednesday night the lifeless body of the missing Maria Laenen (49) from Diest found.

A police officer raised the alarm, when he Wednesday evening around 19 hours during a walk after his duty hours something suspicious noted in the pond. The emergency services and the fire brigade came on the spot. A body was taken out of the water. After a first examination of the law doctor turned out to be the 49 – year-old Maria Laenen from Diest to go. She was last week Thursday for the last seen by family in the Keizerinnenstraat in Diest. There, she left with the bike. Since then, lacking any trace.