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AT5 Podcast: Lieve (22) was abandoned as a baby and wants to know who her parents are

A new podcast titled 'De Vondeling' follows 22-year-old Lieve as she searches for her biological parents after being abandoned as a newborn in Amsterdam's De Pijp neighborhood in 2003. The series revisits the location where she was found and interviews the people involved in her early life, including the finders and the police detective who handled the case. Listeners are encouraged to provide any information that could help answer long-standing questions about her origins.

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