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Man arrested for murdering mother

Published: 21 Jul 11 08:41 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/35068/20110721/

A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his 73-year-old mother in a summer house on an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern Sweden late on Wednesday night.

The man admitted the charges a few hours later, according to station officers at Norrort police in Stockholm. But neither the motive nor the cause of death was established in the initial police interview with the man.

"It may concern strangulation or suffocation. As far as I know there is no evidence to suggest that the woman was subjected to excessive force," said duty officer Mikael Petterson.

Police forensics combed the summer house during the night and Thursday morning. The body is due to be subject to examination.

Why the 73-year-old, who police said registered at an address in southern Stockholm, was on the island is not known. The house where she was found dead was used by the suspect's son. It was his wife who called the police at 10.30pm to state that he mother-in-law was dead.

His wife was not in the summer house at the time, and was instead in the couple's home. According to police, her husband phoned her and told her that his mother was dead.

Police officers who arrived by boat and helicopter at the island immediately suspected that the woman had been killed, according to Mikael Petterson.

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13:30 July 21, 2011 by el dorado
A man in Göteborg just killed his mother as well. ´She had been filing complaints against him (for violence and threats of violence) for fourteen years. In May of this year alone, she filed seven complaints. And then he recently called the police and said he had killed her and dumped her body in the forest.

*As with all articles, please remember Swedish state censorship and media bias.
14:27 July 21, 2011 by Grokh
tbh this happens throughout the world, bullies, etc people who threaten others nonstop but never do anything so the police doesnt do anything until someone gets killed.
15:14 July 21, 2011 by Rishonim
What a tragedy. In this country if someone threatens your life, you better of taking matters into your own hand because the police are a useless bunch. The police are good at catching someone driving 12 kilomtres above the speed limit or giving breathalyzer. In the year 2000 a friend owned a very nice restaurant in Gamla Stan by the name of Mårten Trotzig; some guys from the balkans came in and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse. He reported it to the police and they said well, maybe you should sell.
19:28 July 21, 2011 by DamnImmigrant
The other side of the coin also comes to mind. Vulnerable Children who have faced years of terrible abuse at the hands of their parents - returning the favor when they grow up and now the parents become vulnerable.
22:01 July 21, 2011 by GLO
Every day I read news that sounds more like the US than Sweden, whats up. Eight years ago I started visiting my Grandfathers homeland, I am shocked to see how you have changed in a blink of time. WOW!!!
06:26 July 22, 2011 by Da Goat
what a silly story there is nothing to indicate if the mother died of natural causes !

if there is something more relevant then include it, other than this it is a non story!

Police suspision is not enough to go on, TL you are slandering the family or perverting justice otherwise! did the guy confess or was he bullied?
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