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Forensic technologies in 2024 are so advanced in helping to solve crimes that they seem like something out of a sci-fi thriller.

Police in Amsterdam are using a life-size hologram for the first time to try to catch a criminal.

Bernadett “Betty” Szabo, 19, was stabbed multiple times in Amsterdam on February 19, 2009 and was “brutally murdered at her workplace”.

Two colleagues noticed that she was not in her usual place the night Oudezijds Achterburgwal was killed, so they decided to check on her. They found the lady

A major investigation was launched which involved speaking to witnesses and Szabo lying in a pool of blood.

The case went cold when the police couldn’t solve it.

But now, Amsterdam police are using a life-size hologram in their “final attempt to find the perpetrator”.

The hologram will be projected behind a window at an intersection near where Ms. Szabo was killed today.

The screens will also show images of the crime scene and large window stickers will provide information about Ms Szabo and her death.

Amsterdam police hope it will “help people feel a connection with her” and encourage them to come forward.

It is currently unclear if any other police forces around the world have used such technology.

Ms Szabo moved to Amsterdam from Hungary when she was 18 in 2008 and became a sex worker in the city’s red light district.

Anne Dreijer-Heemskerk from the Cold Case team said: “While every murder case is tragic, Betty’s story is particularly poignant.

‘A young woman, only 19 years old, taken from her life in such a horrible way. She already had a hard life, working long hours as a sex worker and continuing until shortly before her son was born.

“Her son was placed in foster care and never had a chance to know his mother.”

Police are keen to hear from anyone who may have been visiting the red light district at the time – an area popular with tourists from around the world.

There is a £25,000 (€30,000) reward for anyone with information about Ms Szabo’s murder.

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The new technology is now widely used in solving violent crimes involving firearms.

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