Helén murder [SEP] point in time
Helén murder
The Helén murder () is a sadistic murder of 10-year-old Helén Nilsson in Hörby, Sweden, in March 1989. The murderer, Ulf Olsson, the so-called Helén man ("Helén-mannen"), was convicted in April 2005, having been found after a DNA test in 2004.
Helén was abducted on the evening of 20 March 1989. She had decided to meet with two friends outside a grocery store, but they never met. Her body was found six days later
in the woods about 20 kilometres outside Hörby. It turned out that the girl had been alive for a couple of days after the abduction. The murder remained unsolved for the following years and attracted media attention from time to time.
The murderer was first brought to the attention of the police at a private dinner. A police officer mentioned that she was involved with the investigation of the Helén murder and this prompted a remark from one of the guests about a former colleague of hers, Ulf Olsson. Supposedly, there had