Classification: Serial killer Characteristics: Serial rapist Number of victims: 3 - 15 Date of murder: 2007 - 2010 Date of arrest: January 1, 2010 Date of birth: February 6, 1971 Victims profile: Annick Van Uytsel, 18 / Shana Appeltans, 18, and her fiancé Kevin Paulus, 22 Method of murder: Bludgeoned to death / Shooting Location: Belgium Status: Sentenced to life imprisonment on October 21, 2011
He had been a technical drawing teacher at a high school and was a divorced father of two daughters. He had been described as “quiet and withdrawn.” Jannsen was arrested after the January 1, 2010 shooting deaths of Shana Appeltans, 18, and her fiancé Kevin Paulus, 22, who were found in their burned car.
He confessed to killing 18 year old student Annick Van Uytsel in 2007. Annick van Uytsel had been cycling home when Jannsen forced her into his car at gunpoint and imprisoned her in his basement cellar for hours. He later bludgeoned her to death and placed her body, with weights attached, in a lake.
He has been connected to as many as 15 murders dating back to 1991. Jannsen is also suspected of committing twenty rapes since 2001. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on October 21, 2011.