<\/a>After being \u201chumiliated\u201d by his primary school teacher as a child, a man in Belgium confessed to stabbing her 101 times 30 years later.
\nGunter Uwents told police that he\u2019d never quite recovered from his experience with primary school teacher Maria Verlinden when he was seven years old. More than three decades later in November of 2020, it is believed that he visited her in the village of Noorderwijk, near Antwerp, and lost control – launching into a\u00a0violent attack.
\nUwents stabbed his former teacher – who was reported to be a devout Christian who regularly helped homeless people – 101 times, reports The Guardian<\/a>.
\nThe violent stabbing was not solved for 16 months, even though hundreds of DNA samples were acquired at the scene. Nothing was stolen and despite a plea from Verlinden\u2019s husband, no culprit was found. That was until Uwents told his friend about the incident in \u201cdetailed explanations\u201d. The friend then reported it to the\u00a0police and consequently, the 37-year-old was arrested on March 13.
\nThe victim’s sister, 62-year-old Lut Verlinden, also taught Uwents in the 1990’s, according to news outlet Het Nieuwsblad<\/a>. She told them: \u201cWe are all confused. I have contacted all former colleagues with whom Gunter was in class, but no one can remember an incident between him and Maria.
\n\u201cGunter was always a quiet, introverted boy. There was nothing more to say about him. His parents are also very good Catholic people. I feel sorry for them, because they will never dare to show themselves in Noorderwijk again, I\u2019m afraid.\u201d
\nLocal media suggests Uwents told officers he was \u201cbullied, humiliated and belittled\u201d by other students and that his teacher did nothing. \u201cWhen I raised my hand, she always pointed out someone else to answer \u2013 never me,\u201d he told police. \u201cAnd that made me very unhappy.\u201d
\nUwents claimed that he had only visited his teacher \u201cfor a good conversation,\u201d but things took a sinister turn after Verlinden dubbed him a \u201cdork.\u201d Police are yet to find the murder weapon, which Uwents claims he did not bring with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After being \u201chumiliated\u201d by his primary school teacher as a child, a man in Belgium confessed to stabbing her 101 times 30 years later. Gunter Uwents told police that he\u2019d never quite recovered from his experience with primary school teacher Maria Verlinden when he was seven years old. More than three decades later in November … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[13521,13519,13520],"yoast_head":"\n