|
Lake Bodom Murders - Not on Crime Libary!!!
Hi guys
I was suprised not to find the lake bodom murders on crime libary heres some information on it -
The Lake Bodom murders were an infamous multiple homicide that took place in Finland in 1960. Lake Bodom is a small lake in Espoo, about 22 kilometres west of the country's capital, Helsinki. On the night of June 4, 1960, four teenagers were camping on the shores of Lake Bodom when an unknown person murdered three of them with a knife and wounded the fourth. The sole survivor, Nils Wilhelm Gustafsson, had led a normal life until 2004 when he became a suspect. In October 2005, a district court found Gustafsson not guilty.
Some years later – between June 3 and 6 of 1972 (approximately the 12th anniversary of the murders) – a man announced in his suicide note that he was the Lake Bodom murderer. On the day of the murders he was working in a kiosk near the lake and had sold lemonade to the victims. He was generally known to have hard feelings about campers. However, police investigation disproved his claims and found an alibi for the man (he was allegedly sleeping at his home with his wife, who verified it).
In 2003 Professor Jorma Palo published a book on his theory about the murder. In 1960 Palo had worked as a doctor at a nearby hospital. Shortly after the murders he had treated a highly suspicious man for his injuries at the hospital. The man was the German-born Hans Assmann who allegedly worked as an agent for East Germany. According to Palo the lack of thorough investigation into Assmann's involvement was a diplomatic cover-up. The police denied this and claimed that Assmann had a valid alibi. In 1997, shortly before his death, Assmann confessed the murders to a Finnish journalist.
There ya go
|
Linear Mode
