Cologne - An incredible tragedy: Jan Antwerpes (44), son of the former district president Franz-Josef Antwerpes, was found dead yesterday in the basement of his company. Suicide by hanging.
The father confirmed to EXPRESS the sad news. More he will not say it. From the environment of the employees were aware that the successful entrepreneur who had founded with his older brother Frank (49), the "Antwerpes AG" and "Doc Check", hanged himself yesterday morning in the basement of the company in Ehrenfeld.
How EXPRESS learned to Jan Antwerpes have called in a farewell letter, economic motives for the deed.
The value of the Doc-Check shares were in the past decade, from 25 down to 2.87 euros. He was regarded as a cheerful, sympathetic, was only in September 2007 his wife Pia (married 34). Six months ago their daughter was born.
Jan Antwerpes was a frequent guest on media gatherings, where he usually appeared together with his father, Franz-Josef Antwerpes, former district president of Cologne. Even the media had on the early and enormous success of the company the two brothers repeatedly Antwerpes saturation coverage.
