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The time before the double murder in Mälarhöjden, family members were worried about the suspect’s well-being.
That same day, he sent a text message to his sister.
“Good morning, what are you going to do today?”
On May 26, a woman in her 40s and her son were murdered in their home in Mälarhöjden, Stockholm.
The police received the first alarm call at 1:43 p.m. Minutes later they were on the scene, but the perpetrator had fled the scene. Pretty soon, suspicions were directed at the woman’s brother.
A few hours earlier, at 07:32 in the morning, he sent a text message to his sister asking what the family would do today. Usually the siblings had some contact, but on this day there was no response.
At lunch, he went to the Naturkompaniet in Uppsala and bought a morach knife in a black leather case for SEK 1,199. He then ordered a taxi that took him to his sister’s home in Mälarhöjden.
Minutes after the taxi dropped him off, the double murder took place. The man, who is in his 40s, is suspected of having killed them both with a knife.
Took subway and taxi
Shortly after the murder, the suspect was caught on surveillance cameras in a shop in Mälarhöjden. He bought a large bottle of Ramlösa, and then took the subway to the T-central.
Once there, he jumped into a taxi, which was supposed to take him to Uppsala, but it didn’t make it far. When he was in Solna, just a few minutes into the taxi journey, he received a call from the police.
He answered and the police asked him to stop the taxi, to which he agreed. Soon the police caught up and calmly arrested the suspect.
Suspected the murderer in Mälarhöjden. Photo: Private
The family’s worries before the murder: “Stuck in brooding”
The man has previously been treated for serious mental illness, with elements of paranoia and psychosis, according to a medical certificate from 2019.
The psychotic condition must have been triggered after several years of cannabis abuse, according to the doctor’s report.
He has previously been convicted of several acts of violence. Twelve years ago, in 2010, he stabbed another relative in the throat, according to two investigations into compulsory psychiatric care from the administrative court in Uppsala.
In the time before the murder in Mälarhöjden, several family members had expressed concern that the man’s condition had worsened again. One person sent an email to some other family members, writing that the suspect “has been having strange thoughts again” and that “he is stuck in his thoughts.”
The man is now suspected of murder and serious breach of child protection, the latter because another child witnessed the crime.
– This is a deeply tragic event for those involved and the charges relate to several very serious crimes, says District Attorney Ingrid Viklund.
She assesses the state of evidence as very good. The man has denied the crime in questioning, but has not commented on the incident in more detail in questioning.