The Murder in the Woods (Part 1)

On a summer evening in 1981, in a small Danish village in the northern part of Jutland, a 16-year-old girl goes missing. Four days later, she was found in a nearby forest, hanged by a rope tied to a tree. Her body was partially covered by branches and sticks. There were no initial clues that could indicate a potential suspect or the motive for this heinous crime. Part 1 in our 2-part exploration of this crime that rocked a close-knit community.

Cold Blood: Nordic True Crime is a series based on a hit Danish podcast, exploring startling true crimes from Scandinavia - crimes that made headlines and gripped the region.

Research and text by Martin Hylander. Produced by Roboto for Podimo. New episodes are published every Thursday.