Skydiving gives you a kick, but it is quite safe. Only 1 jumps in 100,000 end in a fatality. And those are most likely the risk takers or idiots messing something up.
So it was quite remarkable when in Belgium a very experienced skydiver crashed to her death after both her main and her safety parachute failed. It became more intrigueing when a love triangle was discovered between the victim and two other sky divers taking part in the same jump.
As you could expect with such a case, much ink has flown, and many speculations made. There were bizar twists in the trial such as an anonymous letter to the judge stating that the cheating man, and not the mistress would be responsible.
The trio had been due to perform tricks together in the sky, but the murder accused Clottemans jumped a fraction too late and did not join the manouevres. Clottemans became a prime suspect when she attempted suicide hours before she was due to make a second statement to police, a month after the incident.
In the end Clottemans (left) was found guilty of the murder on Van Doren (right), but on the basis of circumstantial links since all hard evidence is missing.
