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Swedish police find body of missing woman in suspected murder

Update: The body found by Swedish police early on Tuesday is that of Tova Moberg, a 19-year-old woman whose disappearance in Hälsingland sparked a huge search operation.

Swedish police find body of missing woman in suspected murder
Police divers searching the water in Hudiksvall. Photo: Mats Andersson/TT

She was last seen on Saturday night, and was subsequently reported as missing by her parents. A significant police operation searched for her in the following days, with around 50 police officers along with search and rescue dogs and a helicopter contributing.

A lake and small island were searched in connection with the investigation late on Monday night, while a property adjacent to the lake is cordoned off. Police and forensic workers continued to work on the site on Tuesday, with divers searching the water and waterfront, and evidence taken from the building.

Witnesses had reportedly seen three men in a boat acting strangely in the area in recent days. Three men in their 20s were questioned by police and arrested suspected of kidnapping on 'probable cause' (the higher degree of suspicion according to Swedish law) late on Sunday night, and they are now also suspected of murder.

The body was found in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with police later confirming it is the woman.

“It is with great regret and sadness that we can say that we have found Tova Moberg's body,” Swedish Police central region press spokesperson Christer Nordström said at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

The men being held can be linked to Moberg according to information provided in questioning, as well as a trail of evidence, the public prosecutor explained.

A man who lives near the house told news agency TT that the events have left an impact on him.

“You barely believe it. But then you see the police cordons here. This kind of thing shouldn't be allowed to happen, such a young girl. I'm both sad and angry,” he said.

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Sweden jails best-selling thriller writer for tax evasion

The Stockholm appeals court sentenced Håkan Nesser, one of Sweden's best-selling contemporary thriller writers, to 18 months' jail for tax evasion on Friday. His wife received the same sentence.

Sweden jails best-selling thriller writer for tax evasion

The court found the couple guilty of not declaring to the tax authorities the transfer of nearly 13 million Swedish kronor ($1.23 million) from companies in Malta between 2013 and 2015.

“We’re in shock and we feel like we’ve been run over by a tank,” Nesser said.

He said he had hired an accountant to manage his financial affairs.

The crime writer was acquitted in the first instance in the spring of 2023.

At the time, the court accepted the author’s argument that the transfers had occurred through ignorance of tax rules.

Nesser has written 48 books that have sold some 20 million copies worldwide.

His first book was published in 1988.

His works, several of which have been adapted for the big screen or for television, have been translated into more than 20 languages.

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