Swedish farmer Sven Sjogren had a land dispute with his neighbors in October 1972. After the enmity, Sjogren disappeared and was never heard from again. Police haven’t been able to uncover what happened to Sjogren for 50 years, but a team of amateur detectives believe they’ve solved the murder mystery.
EVERYTHING STARTED WITH ‘LAND’ EMOTION
Although Sjogren came from a wealthy family, he was struggling with money. His family had sold their ancestral mansion. But the farmer had a much more lucrative existence on his land, a productive water source. Another farmer who wanted to turn Sjogren’s property into a zoo offered to buy the land, but Sjogren turned it down.
In the ongoing process, one day, a stranger named Bernt Larsson suddenly appeared and persuaded Sjogren to sign the papers. Sjogren then disappeared. Later, after Sjogren left the house, it was revealed that there was a glass of milk on the table.
A FRIEND IS ALSO LOST: MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE
Sjogren’s disappearance from the Swedish island of Gotland was the first recorded disappearance on the island in more than a century. Seven months later, a friend of Sjogren’s conducting his own investigation also disappeared, leaving a cryptic note.
Sjogren’s friend Bjorn Adolfsson revealed that his friend was persuaded to sell the land in exchange for fake private pension rights. Adolfsson also disappeared soon after, leaving a note in his cabin that read, “I’m going to the lake.”
Although the police thought that Sjogren committed suicide, the farmer’s body was not found. A podcasting team of amateur detectives thinks they are on the verge of solving the mystery of the case. Examining old newspaper clippings, interviewing witnesses and reviewing police files, the team spoke to a witness who said they saw Larsson at an old landfill the day after Sjogren’s disappearance.
IS THE SUSPICIOUS WITNESS THE PERSON OF THE MURDER?
The team believe the mysterious stranger who died in 2015 is the most obvious suspect and may have poisoned the farmer’s milk.
Detectives hired a “skeleton dog” that could sniff out remains as far back as a thousand years. The dog has spotted the tracks in the dump and the team is now waiting for permission to start digging.