The names of those involved may be different, butthe series is otherwise a faithful recreation.

It was a completely random act, perThe Local Sweden, the sixth such instance over eighteen months.

Despite the abundance of evidence and eyewitness accounts, the killer wasn’t found right away.

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The killer wasn’t found the next year or even the year after.

Sketches of the suspect were released to the public, once in 2010 and another in 2018.

That’s when DNA genealogistPeter Sjolundreached out to Staaf asking if he could help.

Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin near teepees in American Primeval

“Nyqvist lived in seclusion near Linkoping all those years.

It also opens up a conversation about the ethics of IGG.

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