During Santa season, costumed Joop Groen (30) is found in and Amsterdam canal, drowned with head wounds on a job for rich law student Theo Dons's Claus service which employs dozens. Joop carried 4,000 Euro cash, was a drunk, fraud ex con and his ex Tiny Pieters obtained a restraining order to st him seeing their daughter Tessa. His present partner Marga Hofstee broke up recently. Joop's former fraud partner Patrick Sanders and Dons probably abused the Santa round for robberies, but were never caught, except probably by Joop.
—KGF Vissers