Lake Bodom murders

Lake Bodom murders
Tent being investigated shortly after the Lake Bodom murders
LocationEspoo, Uusimaa, Finland
DateSunday, 5 June 1960
Attack type
Murder by stabbing, child murder
WeaponsKnife, blunt instrument
Deaths3
Injured1
PerpetratorsUnknown
AccusedNils Gustafsson
VerdictNot guilty
ChargesMurder
LitigationLawsuit by Gustafsson against Finnish government for infliction of mental suffering settled for 44,900

60°14′30″N 24°40′30″E / 60.24167°N 24.67500°E / 60.24167; 24.67500

The Lake Bodom murders is an unsolved homicide case in which three teenage campers were killed and another seriously injured in Finland.[1] The case is one of the most notorious crimes in modern Finnish history.

Sometime between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. (EET) on 5 June 1960, at Lake Bodom in Espoo, Uusimaa, Maila Irmeli Björklund and Anja Tuulikki Mäki (both 15) and Seppo Boisman (18) were killed by stabbing and blunt-force trauma to their heads while sleeping inside a tent. The fourth youth, Nils Gustafsson, then aged 18, was found outside the tent with broken facial bones and stab wounds.

Despite extensive investigations, the perpetrator was never identified and various theories on the killer's identity have been presented over the years. Gustafsson was unexpectedly arrested on suspicion of committing the murders in 2004, but he was found not guilty the following year.[2]

  1. ^ Serena, Katie (9 January 2019). "The Lake Bodom Murders: Finland's Most Famous Unsolved Triple Homicide". Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ Palo, Jorma. Bodomin arvoitus. Helsinki: WSOY, 2003. - p.8. - ISBN 978-951-0-27893-2.

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