Culture of silence and fear of testifying are often highlighted as possible reasons why the police do not succeed in solving murders linked to gang crime.

Gaining the trust of relatives can be crucial in obtaining information that leads the investigation forward.

Culture of silence vs.

pre-trial secrecy

One who works to increase trust is police assistant Linda Holmkvist Borgsved.

Her role is to keep the families up to date in the case, answer relatives' questions and gather information from the victim's immediate circle.

But at the same time as a culture of secrecy prevails on the side of the relatives, there is a strong pre-investigation secrecy on the part of the judiciary.

The information that families often want, as if someone has been arrested, Linda Holmkvist Borgsved can not always provide.

Is with until the end

Linda's first contact with the family normally takes place the next day after a murder has been committed.

Then the contact continues until the end and it can either be when prosecution is brought or when the prosecutor decides to put the investigation aside.

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Hear Linda Holmkvist Borgsved tell how the families react when the end is not what they hoped for.

Photo: Oskar Brusén / SVT