The taxi driver was found hanging from a bird tower after being missing for a week, according to information given to TV4 Nyheterna. Today, four young people are in custody for murder and a fifth is suspected of assault in a court case. – It is a very unusual case, partly because so many young people are in custody for such a serious crime, says Moa Blomqvist, prosecutor. The taxi driver had to drive far into the countryside, to a parking lot near a nature reserve in Enköping municipality, according to information given to TV4 Nyheterna. After that, the man, who is a native of Stockholm, disappears without a trace. A week later, at the end of March, the taxi driver’s body is found hanging from a bird tower. Now four young people are in custody for having murdered the man and a fifth is suspected of assault in a court case. Three boys and two girls The detained teenagers are between 15 and 16 years old. Three of them are boys who are related and the fourth is a girl, all are on probable grounds suspected of murder. – All suspects have been heard and all completely deny any crime. A large number of interrogations have also been held regarding the suspects, plaintiffs and the location, says Moa Blomqvist, prosecutor. The fifth teenager is also a girl. She is suspected of having threatened witnesses during the course of the investigation. – I claim that she tried to influence the witness through violence and threats, so that they change or take back the information they gave to the police, says Moa Blomqvist. During Thursday’s detention proceedings, the girl was released. She is still suspected of crimes. The autopsy can show the time of the crime With reference to preliminary investigation secrecy, the prosecutor is reticent. She says, however, that neither the suspects nor the murdered man have any significant criminal history in this context. The taxi driver’s body is now undergoing a forensic examination, which the prosecutor hopes will provide answers to several questions about the case. – The autopsy has not been completed, when we have a preliminary opinion we hope above all to be able to narrow down the time of the crime, says Moa Blomqvist.
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