No clear motive has emerged for why the man murdered the woman, but Helsingborg District Court states that they must have had some form of relationship and that for unclear reasons he must have been angry or disappointed with her.

 The verdict also states that the man who is in his 20s must have felt mentally ill for some time.

But according to the forensic psychiatric examination, the man was not seriously mentally disturbed either during the examination or during the night of the murder. 

Found after several days

The murder took place on November 25, 2020. But it was not until Saturday, November 28, that the woman's body was found on the floor next to her bed.

She was bloody, had several stab and cut injuries and a pillow over her head.

Around her neck she had a USB cable.

The verdict states that the violence was cruel and almost sadistic.

That the intention must have been to insult the woman and cause her a lot of physical pain.

It has been difficult to determine the exact cause of death because the woman's injuries were so extensive.

Filmed himself during ongoing crimes and published

There is a nine-second film that the man himself recorded.

There you can see how he, with a glove on, strangles the woman who is already very injured but alive.

The film has also been published on Snapchat.

The man himself has confirmed that it is he in the film.

The man is convicted of strangling her.

The theory is that after the filmed sequence, he also threaded the USB cable around her neck, which proves that his intention was to suffocate her.

Burned evidence

After the murder, the man has tried to remove evidence by hiding property in the forest, setting fire to clothes he was wearing at the time of the crime and cleaning up the crime scene.

The defense has declared that the man and the woman were friends, and admits that they disagreed on the same day as the murder.

The man claims that the woman attacked him with a knife and that he acted in a nerd defense.

At the same time, he says that he does not remember everything and that he has ended up in a psychotic state.