Bottenberg admitted trying to strangle his wife on earlier occasion
- Ten Winkel, the wrongfully convicted second husband of Bebe Paña always stated he thought his wife had committed suicide. Prosecution and police always stated she was killed.
It is therefore odd that no research was done into any other possible perpetrator than de defendant, such as Paña’s first husband Hans Bottenberg. In fact, the Dutch Forensic Institute (NFI) never did any research -such as nail scrapings, hair, skin, semen or other DNA traces- that could point to any other suspect.
The police was convinced Paña was killed and they decided they already knew ‘whodunnit’, before any proper investigation was made. Clearly a case of “we made up our minds, we do not want to be confused with the facts”. However, the following facts should have made Bottenberg a serious suspect:
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