What happened to Knippenberg in real life?
What happened to Knippenberg in real life?
Knippenberg is now 76. He is retired and living in New Zealand with his second wife. (Angela Kane also remarried; she has held various senior positions at the U.N.) Charles Sobhraj remains imprisoned in Nepal.
Did Angela leave Knippenberg?
Kane, after her 1989 divorce from Knippenberg, went on to have a long and storied career with the United Nations until her retirement in 2015. She served as the principal officer for political affairs in the office of former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and worked to end the conflict in El Salvador.
Where does Herman Knippenberg live now?
Knippenberg, who lives in Wellington with his second wife, New Zealand former diplomat Vanessa, was the third secretary at the Dutch embassy in Thailand in the 1970s at the same time Bangkok-based Sobhraj was attacking tourists.
What happened to Ajay from The Serpent?
In The Serpent, he is depicted as having been abandoned in the middle of nowhere by Charles Sobhraj who decides to take Marie-Andrée to Paris instead of Ajay. In real life, Ajay is suspected by some of having died after he was sent on an errand trip to Malaysia for Sobhraj in around 1976.
Did Dominique really escape The Serpent?
Nadine and Remi purchased him an aeroplane ticket and helped him to reconstruct his own passport, which had been used illegally by Alain. Thankfully, Dominique was able to escape the clutches of Alain and a safe return to France.
Did Nadine survive The Serpent?
Viewers will be pleased to know the Nadine they see in The Serpent did not die at the hands of Charles Sobhraj. The real Nadine Gires returned to France with her husband Remi before moving back to Thailand. They have since separated. Today, she runs a beach resort in the south of Thailand.