Dead Dutch model's family offers US$50k for info on her death

The family of deceased Dutch model Ivana Esther Robert Smit is offering a US$50,000 (RM198,675.42) reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person or persons responsible for her death in December last year.

Last year, the family had also sought help from Interpol to investigate her death.

They distributed posters to media outlets and urged anyone with the relevant information to contact them via email here.  

"If more than one individual provides information that is instrumental in an arrest and conviction, the reward will be divided equally among verified individuals," the family said.

"The reward will stand until a conviction is evident."

The family of Ivana, 19, who fell to her death at a condominium in Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur, last year, suspects foul play behind her death.

Ivana fell to her death from the 20th floor of the unit on Dec 7 last year.

She had earlier gone out drinking with the owners of the apartment where she lived but police had then ruled out any foul play, classifying the case as "sudden death".

Police had reportedly told Ivana's family that they found traces of alcohol, ecstasy and amphetamines in her system from the post-mortem.

Dutch news outlets have quoted Ivana's father Marcel Smit as saying that the family believes his daughter was pushed out and claimed there were bruise marks on her neck that showed someone had grabbed her there.

"Ivana had significant head bruising and multiple bruises on her arms, and the bruises happened before she fell," her family claimed.

At the age of 15, Ivana became the second runner-up in the Malaysia Supermodel Search 2014. -Mkini