strange. it doesn't sound to me like they are even 90 percent sure this is the man that did it, but they are going to blame it on the dead guy. but ok, sweden. MOO.
Åklagaren: ”Skandiamannen” mördade Olof Palme
The 34-year-long investigation has come to an end.
"Skandiamannen" Stig Engström is identified as the one who murdered Sweden's former prime minister Olof Palme on Sveavägen 1986.
This is stated by Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson at Wednesday's press conference.
The message that "Skandiamannen"
Stig Engström murdered former Prime Minister
Olof Palme came at Wednesday's press conference.
"Because that person is dead, I cannot prosecute but have decided to close the preliminary investigation," says prosecutor Krister Petersson.
According to investigative leader Hans Melander, Stig Engström came on track when a new investigative group was appointed and they then started going through the old material again. Active work began in the fall of 2017.
- We then concluded that one person did not agree with the other picture, a person who did not fit in. His tasks could not be reconciled with the other witnesses, says Hans Melander.
Can't rule out conspiracy
Krister Petersson also says that they investigated whether Stig Engström acted alone or was part of a larger conspiracy.
- We have not been able to find any support for a conspiracy. But that can't be dismissed, says Petersson.
PHOTO: POLICE
Stig Engström.
Further, Krister Peterson explains that Engström was used to using weapons.
- But we have no clear tasks that can put a weapon in the hand of Stig Engström. We have seized at least one weapon that matched the caliber used, but unfortunately we did not receive a positive response from the National Forensic Center. But given what is happening, he must have had a weapon in his hand that evening, Peterson notes.
No one has seen Engström
He also adds that few witnesses have seen the face of the killer but that the more noticed the attire.
- None of the witnesses who have been at the crime scene have pointed out that Stig Engström has been at the crime scene at all. If he has been there, he has disappeared before giving any impression to any witness.
- No one has been able to provide information about him.
That it has been 34 years since the murder is aggravating, Peterson says, as several witnesses have become old and affected by what has been written and said about the murder.
- We have noticed that the information provided by the witnesses varies quite considerably from the first interrogations and later, which has made investigative work more difficult.
- Of all the judgments, the technical evidence will not be able to give us any help. We have to assess what happened to existing material.
788 weapons have been shot
A total of 788 weapons have been shot in the investigation.
"The weapons part is obviously both central and interesting," says Hans Melander, adding that there is evidence to indicate that the weapon is a revolver.
The investigators have also looked at a large number of bullets.
The bullet that killed Palme, and the one that turned at wife Lisbeth is of the Winchester type. The caliber is 357 Magnum, Melander explains.
- Unfortunately there are very few traces on the balls. They are also demolished.
According to Melander, they are sure that the right bullets have been found. However, you do not think it is possible to attach a weapon to the actual bullets.
Largest investigation in Sweden
Furthermore, Hans Melander explains that the Palme investigation, which has been going on for 34 years, is one of the world's largest police investigations.
- It is usually compared to the murder of John F Kennedy. It is by far the largest investigation conducted in Sweden.
The investigation contains over 22,000 views and about 90,000 people. More than 10,000 people are heard, of which drug addict Sigge Cedergren most times.
"He has been heard 43 times," says Hans Melander.
134 people have acknowledged
A total of 134 people have admitted the murder, and 29 have admitted directly to the police.
Hans Melander also explained the different tracks you worked on.
Among other things, the 33-year-old and Christer Pettersson.
However, the 33-year-old was able to write off the investigation group relatively easily, says Melander, and Christer Pettersson, who was sentenced in the district court for the murder, with acquittal in the High Court.
"Nothing concrete to walk on"
There is also a "Christer A", who lived near the crime scene and had a weapon that could be of the same model as the murder weapon.
However, he has not been able to show the weapon, and the investigation has not been able to find it.
Furthermore, Melander mentions the PKK track, with which the first investigative leader Hans Holmér worked actively, as well as South Africa and the so-called police track.
- The problem is that you don't get anything specific. Unfortunately, there is not that much concrete so you can do so much about it, Melander says.
FACTS
"The Skandiamannen" Stig Engström
►Born in 1934 in India, where the family stayed when their father was placed in the country through their work. The family lived in a villa with servants, nanny and chef, according to the book The Enemy of the Nation: about the murder of Olof Palme, written by Lars Larsson.
►When Engström was 11, he came to Sweden and was placed in boarding school. He did not pass the final exam and was allowed to throw out the back path without a degree, while the classmates ran out, according to the book The unlikely killer of journalist Thomas Pettersson.
►In the military, things went better. Under the auspices, he was trained as a platoon commander and reached the sergeant's degree. He remained in the military for a few more years, illustrating manuals at the Royal Army Fabric Administration, the current Defense Materiel Administration.
►Later he trained in graphics and drawing and got a job at the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation. Then Stig Engström worked for a time on Sweden's television before getting a job as an advertising consultant at Skandia, on Sveavägen in Stockholm.
► In a Swedish article, Engström talks about how he had undergone a crisis a few years earlier in which he questioned his career and what life is all about.
►In the early 1980s, Stig Engström became involved in municipal politics, for the Moderates. According to several people whom Thomas Pettersson has spoken to, he must have liked Olof Palme badly. However, these people do not say that Stig Engström was capable of murdering him.
► Stig Engström died in 2000, 66 years old.
Source: TT