Den 7 mars 1973 våldtas och stryps den svenska tonårsflickan Lena Jarl i en trappuppgång i Michigan. Mordet är olöst och idag ligger Lena begravd någonstans i Malmö.
Citat:
DETROIT (UPI) - One thing Jan Jarl stressed to his teen-age daughter after coming to America in 1970 from their native Sweden was to stay away from downtown Detroit.
"Her father told her it might be dangerous" said Gunnel Jarl, 36, the girl's mother. "Now my husband is blaming himself for bringing us here alter this terrible thing that has happened."
The body of Lena Jarl, 16, was found yesterday in a fifth-floor stairwell in Sobo Arena, the city's biggest convention center. Police today said an autopsy showed she had ben strangled with a cord and had been sexually assaulted. They had no suspects in the case.
Lena's parents came to Michigan in November 1970 from Malmö, Sweden. The family lived in nearby Highland Twp., a rural area west of Pontiac, Mich., about 25 miles north of Detroit.
Mrs. Jarl said for the girl's birthday, they gave her a record player, "and she found out about rock music."
Police theorize Lena hitchhiked from her home and then got on a bus to get to the convention center. She had hopes of buying a ticket to a concert April 4 featuring the male rock singer Alice Cooper.
Officials at Milford High School, where Lena attended, noticed her absence Wednesday and speculated she was ill.
"When she didn't come home, I guess I knew she had gone downtown" Mrs. Jarl said.
They reported Lena missing to Oakland Country Police.
Inspector John Domm, head of the Detroit Police Homicide Section, said a ticket for the April 4 concert was found on the girl's body. She also had a couple posters.
Mrs. Jarl said her husband, also 36, wants to take Lena's body back to Sweden for burial "and we should stay in Sweden."
"But I don't want to," she said. "Lena just loved this country. She kept asking me when she could become a citizen. I think she should be buried here and I still want to stay here."
"Her father told her it might be dangerous" said Gunnel Jarl, 36, the girl's mother. "Now my husband is blaming himself for bringing us here alter this terrible thing that has happened."
The body of Lena Jarl, 16, was found yesterday in a fifth-floor stairwell in Sobo Arena, the city's biggest convention center. Police today said an autopsy showed she had ben strangled with a cord and had been sexually assaulted. They had no suspects in the case.
Lena's parents came to Michigan in November 1970 from Malmö, Sweden. The family lived in nearby Highland Twp., a rural area west of Pontiac, Mich., about 25 miles north of Detroit.
Mrs. Jarl said for the girl's birthday, they gave her a record player, "and she found out about rock music."
Police theorize Lena hitchhiked from her home and then got on a bus to get to the convention center. She had hopes of buying a ticket to a concert April 4 featuring the male rock singer Alice Cooper.
Officials at Milford High School, where Lena attended, noticed her absence Wednesday and speculated she was ill.
"When she didn't come home, I guess I knew she had gone downtown" Mrs. Jarl said.
They reported Lena missing to Oakland Country Police.
Inspector John Domm, head of the Detroit Police Homicide Section, said a ticket for the April 4 concert was found on the girl's body. She also had a couple posters.
Mrs. Jarl said her husband, also 36, wants to take Lena's body back to Sweden for burial "and we should stay in Sweden."
"But I don't want to," she said. "Lena just loved this country. She kept asking me when she could become a citizen. I think she should be buried here and I still want to stay here."
Från The Pittsburgh Press - 9/3 1973.
Mordet blev aldrig löst.
Ofta förundras jag över varför en del mord och brott aldrig får större uppmärksamhet än de fått, men i detta fallet är jag uppriktigt förvånad.
En svensk tonåring våldtas i en trappuppgång för att sedan strypas med en sladd och allt jag hittar på nätet var denna artikel.
Om detta inte varit en avlägsen släkting till mig hade jag nog inte kommit ihåg detta mord, främst för att jag var så liten.
Är det någon annan som har något minner utav mordet? Varför fick det aldrig någon större uppmärksamhet? Vad tror ni om gärningsmannen? Hur var polisens förhållanden och arbetssätt i sjuttiotalets Detroit?
I veckan är planen att jag ska ner till stadsbiblioteket och titta lite bland deras mikrofilmer, och kanske hitta lite guld.
Update;
Från Find A Grave
Citat:
Lena disappeared after buying a ticket to an Alice Cooper concert at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The ticket was for Section 1, Row R, Seat 25. On March 8, her body was found inside in an isolated stairway on the landing between the third and fourth levels. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled with an electrical cord. Her killer was never caught. Lena was seen with a man described as 6 foot 2 inches, around 200 pounds and with a beard. Lena was wearing blue jeans, a purple tie-dyed T-shirt, a long, red suede coat, tall, brown boots, and a wool scarf.
The Detroit Police Department is asking anyone who knows about this murder to call them at (313) 596-2260, or CRIMESTOPPERS hotline at 1-800-773-2587.
The Detroit Police Department is asking anyone who knows about this murder to call them at (313) 596-2260, or CRIMESTOPPERS hotline at 1-800-773-2587.
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Senast redigerad av JazzMassak 2016-05-22 kl. 13:43.
Senast redigerad av JazzMassak 2016-05-22 kl. 13:43.
