Episode 71: The Dismemberment Trials of Sweden - The Coroner and The General Practitioner
"When she had no head, she could not talk.”
In the summer of 1984, within a few weeks of one another near Stockholm, Sweden, suspicious-looking trash bags were found discarded on a motorway. Homicide detectives were stunned and horrified by what lay inside, and the pieces they never found. This investigation would unravel into one of the most controversial and bizarre murder cases in the history of Scandinavia.
Content Warnings: Homicide, Dismemberment, Decapitation, Child Abuse
Key Themes: Criminal Investigation, Wrongful Conviction, Prostitution, Marginalized Victims, Serial Killers
Resources:
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Research for Episode 71 includes:
Abolish Statute of Limitations for Life Sentence Crimes | Sweden Herald
ANDERS CARLGREN: The Catrine da Costa case – media court and the enemies of justice
Catrine da Costa | dacostarkivet
Fallet da Costa: Det här är Slaktaren
Leif GW Persson om fallet med Catrine da Costa: Hög tid att man gör rätt för sig | SVT Nyheter