The suspect for the murder of Marie Johansson in a fabric store did not appear in the investigation

Anders Eriksson has had the murder of Marie Johansson on his table for several years.

Over the years, they have topped upwards of 700 women in search of the killer.

Last Friday, they finally got the unexpected news that the NFC had a hit in a so-called register topping.

A woman who is suspected of another crime matched the DNA from the sewing kit murder.

In addition, her fingerprints match those secured at the crime scene. 

- It is as clear as it can be.

It can only be the woman in question who has committed the crime, says Anders Eriksson. 

Swedish citizens 

The woman, who is now 35 years old, has not appeared in the investigative material so far, something that is otherwise common in cold cases.

At the moment, neither Anders Eriksson nor prosecutor Ulrika Åberg want to say anything more about the woman than that she is Swedish. 

- The only thing I can say is that this woman was then registered in Sweden and that even today she is registered in Sweden and is a Swedish citizen, says Anders Eriksson.

Don't interrogate her

Since the crime is time-barred, due to the fact that the woman was only 17 at the time of the murder and thus falls under an exception in the Statute of Limitations, the police have no possibility of even taking her in for questioning at the moment. 

- Now we will think about this and raise any questions.

We have no reason to rush decisions.

Then, in the long term, we will take lessons from this and think about whether we could have done something differently.