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Student murder suspect ‘remembers nothing’

The 22-year-old man suspected of the murder of 20-year-old Madelene Mild at a student residence in Jönköping claims to remember nothing from the evening in question.

Published: 5 September 2007 11:26 CEST

The suspect either fell or jumped from a balcony on the fourth floor of the building in which the victim’s was found. The man broke several bones in the fall and is being treated for his injuries at a hospital in Linköping.

“He is saddened and upset and is finding the whole thing very disturbing. He awoke to hear that a friend had died and that he was accused of killing her,” the man’s lawyer, Per-Arne Magnusson, told Aftonbladet.

Local media reported on Tuesday that the victim was the sister of former international footballer Håkan Mild, who has taken a leave of absence from his duties as sports director at IFK Gothenburg.

The district court is scheduled to decide on Wednesday afternoon whether or not to issue a detention order.

Sweden Democrat politician charged for dismembering colleague

According to the prosecution, the body parts found in plastic bags in central Stockholm came from a man in his 60s murdered in an apartment in Nyköping, south of Stockholm.

The man is said to have been killed by a pistol shot to the head, after which the 60-year-old charged with the murder dismembered the body.

The suspected murderer, who newspaper Expressen reports is a former Sweden Democrat politician, is said to have moved the body parts multiple times, eventually dumping them across the city.

In total, three body parts were found in two different locations – the Karlsberg canal and in the Djurgården park. Not all parts of the body have yet been found.

“We’ve carried out a comprehensive investigation into the victim and the suspect. We can, to some extent, show how and when the suspect moved the body parts,” prosecutor Marina Chirakova told TT.

The victim, who according to Expressen was also a former Sweden Democrat politician, had been friends with the suspected murderer for a number of years. Prosecutors did not comment on the motive behind the murder.

“That will be discussed in the main hearings,” she told TT.

The suspect was taken into custody in November last year after being arrested in Nyköping. He denies the charges, but accepts certain circumstances related to the case.

Upon his arrest, he resigned from his political obligations and his membership was frozen by the Sweden Democrats.

“I don’t want to comment on his stance on the charges or anything he has said,” she further told TT.

The murder is suspected to have taken place between August 30th and September 16th last year.

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