Ringo
I like to not get involved in these matters
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In the end, an aristocrat, his maid, his cook, his son and his daughter-in-law are all dead. The murderer(s) are only suspected and the motives are totally unknown.
On the 7th of March 1932, Circuit Judge and Politician, Hjalmar Von Sydow was found dead in his luxury apartment on Norr Malärstrand, Stockholm. The discovery was made by his own 15 year-old daughter and her friend. The youngs girls had returned to the apartment to discover Fredrik and his wife, Ingun, were there cleaning a stain from the hallway carpet. The pair left shortly after. Once the girls opened the locked doors, they began to find bodies. They entered the Cook's bedroom first. Here they discovered the body of Von Sydow. Someone had beaten him to death. They also found the body of his Cook, (who was found dead sitting in a chair by the window). They later discovered a 3rd body, his Maid (found dead on the floor of Von Sydow's bedroom). All three had been bludgeoned to death.
The immediate suspects were obviously Von Sydow's son, Fredrik, and his wife Ingun. It was Ingun who, at the scene, had been cleaning a mark from the carpet. The Police issued an arrest warrant and circulated their information in the greater Stockholm area.
Meanwhile, Fredrik and Ingun were on the town. They travelled by taxi to a numeber of destinations. They first visited a friend, a competitive marksman. From this friend Fredrik borrowed a pistol. They then visited a nice restaurant in town, the tailors, a chemist, another restaurant and then enjoyed a visit to a café. They then travelled to a hotel in Uppsala where they entered the restaurant at 8pm. By now, the news of the murders had reached far and wide. The staff recognised the son of the famous politician and notified the Police. The pair left the restaurant before the Police could get there but then when the pair returned at 10pm, the Police were called again.
Upon entering the hotel, the Police directed the staff to discreetly ask the couple to meet them in the hallway. The pair went to the hallway and Ingun took a seat in a chair. Fredrik leaned over, whispered something into her ear and then as he kissed her on the lips, he pulled out the pistol and shot her in the temple. She died instantly. He then turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the head. He died shorty after of the self-inflicted gunshot wound.
It came to the attention of the Police that Fredrik had recently purchased a heavy iron bar and had carried it with his all day. This became the obvious suspected murder weapon. However, while they remain the chief suspects and the case has been declared a murder-suicide, there is no clear motive or evidence linking the pair to the murders other than Ingun cleaning up a stain. It later transpired that the murder weapon was probably a household clothing-iron which was missing from the crime scene and not an iron bar. The clothing iron was not found amongst the pair's possessions.
Some speculate that Fredrik had an expensive drug habit and that he had fought with this father over money. He did have his Father's wallet on him when the Police searched his body but it held only a samll amount of money by their standards.
Some say that Ingun had murdered the family and that Fredrik was unaware. Others speculate that Von Sydow's murder was ordered by Fredrik in order to get his inheritance. Others say that Fredrik owed money to some bad guys and had bought the iron bar as protection, before upgrading to a borrowed a pistol. Upon learning of his father's death, he had turned the pistol on his wife and himself from guilt.
The truth is that we will never know. Feel free to wildly speculate.
On the 7th of March 1932, Circuit Judge and Politician, Hjalmar Von Sydow was found dead in his luxury apartment on Norr Malärstrand, Stockholm. The discovery was made by his own 15 year-old daughter and her friend. The youngs girls had returned to the apartment to discover Fredrik and his wife, Ingun, were there cleaning a stain from the hallway carpet. The pair left shortly after. Once the girls opened the locked doors, they began to find bodies. They entered the Cook's bedroom first. Here they discovered the body of Von Sydow. Someone had beaten him to death. They also found the body of his Cook, (who was found dead sitting in a chair by the window). They later discovered a 3rd body, his Maid (found dead on the floor of Von Sydow's bedroom). All three had been bludgeoned to death.
The immediate suspects were obviously Von Sydow's son, Fredrik, and his wife Ingun. It was Ingun who, at the scene, had been cleaning a mark from the carpet. The Police issued an arrest warrant and circulated their information in the greater Stockholm area.
Meanwhile, Fredrik and Ingun were on the town. They travelled by taxi to a numeber of destinations. They first visited a friend, a competitive marksman. From this friend Fredrik borrowed a pistol. They then visited a nice restaurant in town, the tailors, a chemist, another restaurant and then enjoyed a visit to a café. They then travelled to a hotel in Uppsala where they entered the restaurant at 8pm. By now, the news of the murders had reached far and wide. The staff recognised the son of the famous politician and notified the Police. The pair left the restaurant before the Police could get there but then when the pair returned at 10pm, the Police were called again.
Upon entering the hotel, the Police directed the staff to discreetly ask the couple to meet them in the hallway. The pair went to the hallway and Ingun took a seat in a chair. Fredrik leaned over, whispered something into her ear and then as he kissed her on the lips, he pulled out the pistol and shot her in the temple. She died instantly. He then turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the head. He died shorty after of the self-inflicted gunshot wound.
It came to the attention of the Police that Fredrik had recently purchased a heavy iron bar and had carried it with his all day. This became the obvious suspected murder weapon. However, while they remain the chief suspects and the case has been declared a murder-suicide, there is no clear motive or evidence linking the pair to the murders other than Ingun cleaning up a stain. It later transpired that the murder weapon was probably a household clothing-iron which was missing from the crime scene and not an iron bar. The clothing iron was not found amongst the pair's possessions.
Some speculate that Fredrik had an expensive drug habit and that he had fought with this father over money. He did have his Father's wallet on him when the Police searched his body but it held only a samll amount of money by their standards.
Some say that Ingun had murdered the family and that Fredrik was unaware. Others speculate that Von Sydow's murder was ordered by Fredrik in order to get his inheritance. Others say that Fredrik owed money to some bad guys and had bought the iron bar as protection, before upgrading to a borrowed a pistol. Upon learning of his father's death, he had turned the pistol on his wife and himself from guilt.
The truth is that we will never know. Feel free to wildly speculate.
