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The Helén murder (Swedish: ''Helén-mordet'') is a sadistic murder of 10-year-old Helén Nilsson in Hörby, Sweden, in March 1989. The murderer, Ulf Olsson, the so-called Helén man (''Helén-mannen''), was convicted in April 2005, having been found after a DNA test in 2004.〔 〕 Helén was abducted on the evening of 20 March 1989. She had decided to meet with two friends outside a grocery store, but they never met. Her body was found six days later in the woods about 20 kilometres outside Hörby. It turned out that the girl had been alive for a couple of days after the abduction. The murder remained unsolved for the following years and attracted media attention from time to time. The murderer was first brought to the attention of the police at a private dinner. A police officer mentioned that she was involved with the investigation of the Helén murder and this prompted a remark from one of the guests about a former colleague of hers, Ulf Olsson. Supposedly, there had been a lot of talking going on about Olsson at the time of the murder. The police who received the tip filed it, although it was not enough for an investigation. As a result, however, he would later be included in the group of 29 men who were asked to leave DNA samples. In December 2004, Olsson was declared guilty and in April the following year he was sentenced to life, even though he had been found mentally ill. The verdict was appealed and the second authority determined the mental condition to be severe enough to warrant psychiatric care. == Details of the abduction == Not everything is known about the details of her abduction, but some events were determined by the police investigation. Helén had decided to meet two friends of hers outside a grocery store at 19.00, but failing to find them there she had made a short walk around the block. She met a couple of friends of her sister, who informed her about two girls waiting outside the store. Upon looking in that direction, Helén and the sister's friends could see the girls leaving the parking lot, and Helén ran after them. This is the last known observation of Helén Nilsson. Although the police made major efforts to determine where she had been abducted it could never be determined whether it occurred outside the store or on her way home, if she had decided to return home after her friends had left her. Shortly after 20.00, the time when Helén should have returned home, the family was getting worried, since Helén's friends had been at her home to ask for her. A search started, and more and more people became involved in looking for the girl. At 22.10, the police was informed and over the following days, the disappearance attracted a lot of media attention. Five independent witnesses had seen a young man, 20–25 years old, at the same place and time as Helén disappeared. One of them saw him force a little girl into his car. The witness has confirmed that the man did not look like the convicted man. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helén murder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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