Murder of Jeanne Van Calck
Jeanne Van Calck (17 September 1897 – 7 February 1906), also known as Joanna, was a Belgian child murder victim, whose case became a symbol for childhood innocence. Her dismembered body was found on the evening of 7 February 1906, at 22 Rue des Hirondelles in Brussels. Her murder, now known as the Murder of Rue des Hirondelles, was never solved. The Murder of Rue des Hirondelles Jeanne Van Calck lived with her grandparents but habitually visited her mother, Françoise Van Calck, for an hour or two each evening, generally accompanied by her grandfather. Her father was a typographer working for the Le Soir newspaper, who had abandoned the family and never knew his daughter. At half-past 6 on the evening of 7 February 1906, Jeanne left her grandparents' home as usual, but for the first time was allowed to go alone, as her grandfather was working. She never arrived at her mother's home on the corner of Baudouin Boulevard. Around quarter to midnight, a machinist from the Théâtre de l'Alhambra, Joseph Eylenbosch, and his son discovered a suspicious package outside the door of 22 Rue des Hirondelles in Brussels (a house that was demolished in 1965). A policeman, Gustave