Ulf Grape was attacked as he arrived home from his job in Falun. According to Aftonbladet, witnesses reported seeing a fight break out. By the time help arrived, Grape had died of head injuries.

Police have arrested a 21-year-old, said to be a known criminal. The suspect has a troubled family history and his own criminal activity began in adolescence. “He is a big teddy bear, but at the same time very violent,” Aftonbladet was told, “He usually always carried a baseball bat around with him”.

Sources also described the 21-year-old as “a large man, skilled at fighting”. He was convicted in February for possession of firearms and stolen goods, according to various papers.

The suspect was on leave from a treatment centre and had returned to Dalarna when Ulf Grape was murdered. Ulf Grape has arrested the 21-year-old on numerous occasions and it is reported that “they did not like each other”. The theory is that the two “bumped into each other” as Grape was returning home from work.

“He is suspected of murder based upon probable cause, the strongest degree of suspicion. I feel convinced that we got the right man and that we will be able to ‘bring this one home’.” said Bo Persson, spokesman for the Hedemora police department, to Svenska Dagbladet.

“The fact that a policeman has been beaten to death is a terrible event and it causes me great concern”, said National police commissioner Sten Heckscher to Aftonbladet.

Meanwhile, Expressen reported that a 52-year-old man suspected of killing 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in 1989 has admitted to a further double murder. The suspect has reportedly admitted to a civil servant in Vimmerby to committing the two murders whilst he was abroad. Police say that if the information is true, it could connect the man to five murders in total.

The 52-year-old man was arrested in Midsummer, on suspicion for the murder of Helen Nilsson. He is, however, also suspected of the murder of Jannica Ekblad, 26, who was found murdered later that same year. Aftonbladet reported that police have found traces of Ekblad’s blood in his former home, and identified traces of his sperm on Helen’s body.

In a gruesome twist to the story, Expressen reports that police are looking into allegations that the 52-year old had links with a pornographic movie-maker in Örkelljunga. A police source told Expressen, “We have high hopes of getting hold of the movie in which he takes part.”

The prosecutor Pär Andersson is now expected to request a prolonged arraignment of the 52-year old, and to officially confirm that he is suspected of the murder of Helen Nilsson.

Kyana Hansson