There are few things more disturbing than the loss of a child. When Edith “Google” Kiecorius was abducted in 1961, the Police of Brooklyn worked tirelessly to search every roof, river and residence for the missing four-year-old. Unfortunately to no avail and the public were becoming despondent when the vice-president of K.L.M., the major Dutch airline, asked Gerard Croiset, a clairvoyant in Utrecht, the Netherlands, to help.
Croiset agreed to help, but declined the offer of being flown to New York. He felt that the size and bustle of the city would overwhelm him, but instead asked for a photograph of Edith and a map to be sent to him. But before the conversation continued, Croiset began to gain impressions of the girl’s location and was able to give a description of her kidnapper.
The next Sunday, Mr.Vogels of K.L.M. flew to Amsterdam to meet Croiset. He had a photograph, a map and some of Edith’s clothes. Croiset quickly started to provide information, “… I see a dark woman sitting in front of a window. Two houses farther on, there is a laundry and a dry cleaner’s… I see this grey building again… There are five floors… On the second, I feel a strong emotion… The child is there… She is dead!…”
Vogels passed this information on to the New York Police immediately and with hours Edith’s body was found. Her abductor and killer was found a week later and fitted the description Croiset had given perfectly.
Sadly, the gifts of Gerard Croiset couldn’t save Edith “Google” Kiecorius, but they were able to see her killer brought to justice.
