She told them the murders were being committed by a team, and she thought she knew who they were. Shortly after, prostitute Lena Bofors dropped some interesting information on the police. Playmate and confidante of the country's leading citizens, Lena Grans and her close friend, television announcer, Cats Falk were reported missing. Haerm preformed the autopsies, showing nothing but cold detachment to the investigators. Under a bridge leading to the suburb of Sollentuna, police found the body of Kristine Cravache. The body of Annika Mors was found in Hagensten Park. (He is also believed to be responsible for the death of his wife, Anne Catherine, but the death was officially ruled as a suicide.) He kept the skulls and brains of some of his victims, and the heart of his young wife on prominent display. The good doctor had a few skeletons scattered around his office as well - literally. Haerm was regularly called in to perform official autopsies on his own victims.
Thomas Allgen was a family doctor and dermatologist.Īt their trial, information was brougth forth that shocked the entire nation. Haerm was one of the world's most respected pathologists, and his best friend, Dr. Teet Haerm, the senior police medical examiner. The medical mind they had been searching for was none other than their friend and valued colleague, Dr. What the investigating detectives were unprepared for was the identity of the perpetrator. The deaths of two socialites and a Japanese student were also believed to be the work of the same pair. Dismembered and bloodless bodies were found strewn around fields, parks, and ravines in the city suburbs. Over a five-year-period, between 19, at least seven prostitutes solicited by the night stalking pair were pulled from the streets and seedy nightclubs. Began the case against two rather unlikely suspects. STOCKHOLM, Sweden: The brutal murder of Katrina de Costa, a prostitute in the red light district. As a result, the High Court overturned the conviction. However, before the verdict could be confirmed by the judge, a number of jurors gave interviews to the press. Status: On September 16, 1988, at the end of the murder trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict at the District Court. Victims profile: Women (seven prostitutes, his wife and a Japanese student)
Odd as it may sound, the court wrote that reasonable cause existed to find the defendants guilty, yet both men were released. When the retrial was held in May and both defendants were found 'Not Guilty'.
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Unfortunately, the trial was overturned on a technicality by the Swedish Supreme Court. With Harm's bizarre activities in mind, a new investigation has been opened in the death of his wife, Christine, found hanging in their bedroom six years prior to Harm's arrest. Harm's final victim, model Katrina da Costa, was decapitated with a power saw in the presence of Harm's five-year-old daughter, the child later recreating the crime for police by plucking the head from a doll.Ĭonvicted of da Costa's murder in the spring of 1988, Harm and Allgren were committed for psychiatric evaluation, detectives estimating that at least six other slayings might be charged against them at a later time.
Thomas Allgren, was occasionally called upon to join Harm in a feast of human flesh, though he apparently did not initiate the murder scheme. Instead of winding up at Harm's apartment, the unlucky ladies were delivered to the morgue where Harm solved crimes by day, then murdered and dismembered on the operating table.Īn accomplice, Dr. Unknown to the detectives he befriended, Harm was also a practicing vampire and cannibal, ultimately credited with slaughtering at least seven victims in late 1987 and early 1988.Īccording to investigators, Harm - a widower whose wife "committed suicide" in 1982 - would cruise the Stockholm nightclubs in his search for female prey. Teet Harm was a criminal pathologist, renowned for helping the authorities discover evidence in local homicides. (See also Top 7 Famous Norwegian Mass Killers)īorn in Stockholm during 1953, Dr. (See also Top 7 Famous Finnish Serial Killers) (See also Top 30 Serial Killers By Number of Victims (20th century)) (See also Top 30 Intelligent Serial Killers With Highest IQ) (See also The Last Words of 30 Famous Serial Killers) Juha Veikko Valjakkala (Nikita Bergenström) This is a list of notable mass killers (mass murderers, spree and serial killers) from Sweden, ranked by number of proven victims (deadliest): We take a look at some of Swedish most notorious mass killers (mass murderers, spree and serial killers), some of whom will be in prison until they die, with no chance of parole.
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