Sweden - Olof Palme, 59, Stockholm, 28 Feb 1986

[kemo]

On a recent trip to Sweden, on a whim I went to the site of the Palme assassination (there is a plaque marking the spot). It was on a very busy street with a lot of auto and pedestrian traffic late at night. It is very close to the City Center. I am not surprised there were many witnesses and police were able to quickly. Witnesses saw him run for a block or so, so it was known what direction he went but then his vanished.

A lot of people would have seen him go into the cinema and would be very possible for some to find out when the film would end and return with a gun and an escape plan.

 

[snarast]

It’s a bit nonsensical when they don’t show the image in question.

Is it this one?

Fantombilden

wpu.nu

 

[snarast]

This is not the classic fantombild, but whatever it is - it’s close. Although I question hiding the chin like that in the drawing. It’s odd.

 

[kemo]

This is the only composite I have seen of the “possible” suspect. Apparently there were as many as 20 witnesses to the murder or the man seen fleeing the crime scene and Palme’s son provided the description of a man he described as “ loitering” outside the theater as they were leaving. There was even a witness who was an artist who provided her own composite. From what I can tell, these various descriptions and composites have been played down by investigators; probably because they appear to be different people so have little credibility and could hurt the investigation. It is very possible that some of the witnesses saw other witnesses fleeing from the scene. Other “witnesses” may exaggerate how much they really saw. I would think Law Enforcement should have been able to identify those who were reasonably credible and gotten a “consensus” identification/composite.

For whatever it is worth, the composite provided by snarast above looks a lot like Christer Pettersson but nothing like Engstrom or Andersson. Pettersson’s conviction was based on the identification by Palme’s wife. She only saw him for a split second and her identification has been rejected but it is possible that the actual killer bore some resemblance to Pettersson.

It would be interesting to see every composite and where the witnesses who provided it was standing when they saw the perpetrator.

 

[iamshadow21]

I think it's kind of useless treating a composite by a witness as though it has the same merit as a photograph. Any person the AI spits out is only going to be as valid as the original composite's accuracy, and will more than likely just point the finger at an innocent person.

MOO

 

[snarast]

I think it's kind of useless treating a composite by a witness as though it has the same merit as a photograph. Any person the AI spits out is only going to be as valid as the original composite's accuracy, and will more than likely just point the finger at an innocent person.

MOO

Sure - but if there was ever a botched investigation of a head of state, it’s this one.

So the eye witnesses are the only ones I would pay attention to. Especially the discredited ones.

 

[snarast]

It would be interesting to see every composite and where the witnesses who provided it was standing when they saw the perpetrator.

Indeed, indeed.

 

[kemo]

Direct evidence in this case is limited to the two bullets and the description/composites provided by witnesses. The bullet lead has been pretty throughly pursued and, while certainly having some value, has not lead to a solid suspect. The eyewitnesses are all that is left. It appears near certain that the perpetrator went up the stair on Tunnelgatan then East on David Bargares Gatan. The probative value of any witness who he passed along that route would be high. None of them may have gotten a good look but whatever they could offer would be quite valuable.

 

[kemo]

 

[kemo]

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This is a composite based on the description provided by a woman who saw a man running in the direction away from the murder scene at some point soon after the murder. She saw this man running past where direct witnesses Lars Jeppersson last saw the perpetrator so it is not certain that it was actually the murderer. Unlike others witnesses, she got a good look at the face. In literature about the murder, he is sometimes referred to as “the Phantom”. Apparently, this is the composite that was publicized during the investigation and is the best know image. There are doubts about it however. He doesn’t particularly look like any suspect.

 

[snarast]

This is a composite based on the description provided by a woman who saw a man running in the direction away from the murder scene at some point soon after the murder. She saw this man running past where direct witnesses Lars Jeppersson last saw the perpetrator so it is not certain that it was actually the murderer. Unlike others witnesses, she got a good look at the face. In literature about the murder, he is sometimes referred to as “the Phantom”. Apparently, this is the composite that was publicized during the investigation and is the best know image. There are doubts about it however. He doesn’t particularly look like any suspect.

Some of Those wittnesses around Malmskillnadsgatan probably saw the killer.

No - this is a hopeless case. It’s not worth thinking about, even…

Palme was a bit like Trump in that there were plenty of people out for his blood. He was also very ”mean” in his rhetorical style - basically blew his opponents to smithereens to the point people just really hated him. And he had some deeply communist ideas that he was able to implement. Up to a point. And now we have that memorial plaque to remind us of where that journey ended.

And since he didn’t have his body guards present - unlike Trump - the killer got up to him and pressed the gun at the part of the back where the bullet would obliterate his spine and aorta all at once. Hard to miss at that distance.

The only chance is if there was blow back into the gun and the killer kept it as a trophy.

Kind of as likely as peace on earth.