When Patrik Skog's four-year-old son Kevin was killed in Arvika, he believed that life was over.

In the program "When life turns", he tells SVT's Anja Kontor about the shock when he came to the hospital and the doctor told him that there was nothing more to do. Kevin was dead.

- Everything felt unreal. The whole room went around. I had to go to Kevin myself where he was. I leaned over him and felt how cold he was.

Was deeply depressed

The grief became paralyzing. Patrik Skog describes how he went into a deep depression and isolated himself completely.

- My safe corner became a bed upstairs in the apartment. I didn't go out for six months.

Tough childhood

In the program, Patrik Skog also talks about his own tough childhood, and about how life has been a long struggle to get a functioning existence.

He says he now feels "almost whole", thanks to his own family, but also through the community that has emerged in recent years between him and Kevin's other family and the family of the two brothers who were identified as Kevin's killer.

"One big family"

Following examinations in, among other things, SVT's Document from the inside, the preliminary investigation of 1998 was resumed, and the two brothers are now completely free from any suspicions.

- When we are all gathered, it feels like a single big family. Despite everything we went through, we stand here today. It's really magical.

In the clip you hear Patrik Skog tell about the relationship with the brothers' family. "When Life Turns On" will be broadcast at 8pm on 8/1 in SVT2. The program is also available in SVT Play