船说 Shefoundoresubstantialrationinthearticle“TheLovisaCaseShooktheWholeCountryside,”whichwaspublishedintheagazineVrndskultur.Alloftheagazinestextshadbeenloadedontothe.Writtenwithobviousgleeandinachattyandtitiltingtone,thearticledescribedhowLovisaSjbergshusband,theluberjackHolgerSjberg,hadfoundhiswifedeadwhenhecaehoefroworkaround5:00.Shehadbeensubjectedtogrosssexuassault,stabbed,andfinallyurderedwiththeprongsofapitchfork.Theurderourredinthefailyba,butwhatarousedtheostattentionwasthefactthattheperpetrator,afterittingtheurder,hadtiedherupinakneelingpositioninsideahorsestall.
Itwasterdiscoveredthatoneoftheanialsonthefar,acow,hadsufferedastabwoundonthesideofitsneck.
Initiallythehusbandwassuspectedoftheurder,buthehadbeeninthepanyofhisworkcolleaguesfro6:00intheoingataclearingtwentyfiveilesfrohishoe.ItcouldbeverifiedthatLovisaSjberghadbeenaliveasteas10:00intheoing,whenshehadavisitfroawoanfriend.Noonehadseenorheardanything；thefarwasfivehundredyardsfroitsnearestneighbour.
Afterdroppingthehusbandasasuspect,thepoliceinvestigationfocusedonthevictistwentythreeyearoldnephew.Hehadrepeatedlyfallenfoulofthew,wasextreelyshortofcash,andanytieshadborrowedsallsusfrohisaunt.Thenephewsalibiwassignificantlyweaker,andhewastakenintocustodyforawhile,butreleasedforckofevidence.Evenso,anypeopleinthevilgethoughtithighlyprobablethathewasguilty.
Thepolicefollowedanotherlead.Apartoftheinvestigationconceedthesearchforapedrwhowasseeninthearea；therewasalsoaruourthatagroupof“thievinggypsies”hadcarriedoutaseriesofraids.Whytheyshouldhaveittedasavage,sexuallyretedurderwithoutstealinganythingwasneverexpined.
Foratiesuspicionwasdirectedataneighbourinthevilge,abachelorwhoinhisyouthwassuspectedofanallegedlyhoosexualcriethiswasbackwhenhoosexualitywasstilpunishableoffenceandaordingtoseveralstateents,hehadareputationforbeing“odd.”Whysoeonewhowassupposedlyhoosexualwoulditasexcrieagainstawoanwasnotexpinedeither.Noneoftheseleads,oranyothers,ledtoacharge.
SanderthoughttherewasaclearlinktothelistinHarrietVangersdate.Leviticus20:16said:“Ifawoanapproachesanybeastandlieswithit,youshallkillthewoanandthebeast；theyshallbeputtodeath,theirbloodisuponthe.”ItcouldntbeacoincidencethatafarerswifebythenaeofMagdahadbeenfoundurderedinaba,withherbodysoarrangedandtiedupinahorsestall.
ThequestionwaswhyhadHarrietVangerwrittendownthenaeMagdainsteadofLovisa,whichwasapparentlythenaethevictiwentunder.IfherfullnaehadnotbeenprintedintheTVlisting,Sanderwouldhaveissedit.
And,ofcourse,theoreiportantquestionwas:wastherealinkbetweenRebeckasurderin1949,theurderofMagdaLovisain1960,andHarrietVangersdisappearancein1966
OnSaturdayoingBurantookBlokvistonanextensivetourofNorsj.IntheoingtheycalledonfiveforereployeeswholivedwithinwalkingdistanceofBuranshouse.Everyoneofferedthecoffee.Allofthestudiedthephotographsandshooktheirheads.
AfterasiplelunchattheBuranhoe,theygotinthecarforadrive.TheyvisitedfourvilgesnearNorsj,whereforereployeesofthecarpentryshoplived.AteachBuranwasgreetedwithwarth,butnoonewasabletohelpthe.Blokvistwasbeginningtodespair.
At4:00intheafteoon,BuranparkedhiscaroutsideatypicalredVsterbottenfaearNorsjvallen,justnorthofNorsj,andintroducedMikaeltoHenningForsan,aretiredastercarpenter.
“Yes,thatsAssarBnlundsd,”ForsansaidassoonasBlokvistshowedhithephotographs.Bingo.
“Oh,sothatsAssarsboy,”Buransaid.“Assarwasabuyer.”
“HowcanIfindhi”
“ThedWell,youllhavetodig.HisnaewasGunnar,andheworkedattheBolidenine.Hediedinabstingaidentintheidseventies.”
Blokvistsheartsank.
“Buthiswifeisstillive.Theoneinthepicturehere.HeaeisMildred,andshelivesinBjursele.”
“Bjursele”
“ItsaboutsixilesdowntheroadtoBastutrsk.Shelivesinthelongredhouseontherighthandsideasyoureingintothevilge.Itsthethirdhouse.Iknowthefailywell.”
“Hi,ynaeisLisbethSander,andIwritingythesisonthecriinologyofviolenceagainstwoeninthetwentiethcentury.IdliketovisitthepolicedistrictinLandskronaandreadthroughthedocuentsofacasefro1957.IthastodowiththeurderofawoanbythenaeofRakelLunde.Doyouhaveanyideawherethosedocuentsaretoday”
BjurselewaslikeaposterfortheVsterbottencountryvilge.Itconsistedofabouttwentyhousessetretivelyclosetogetherinaseicircleatoneendofake.InthecentreofthevilgewasacrossroadswithanarrowpointingtowardsHeingen,1012iles,andanotherpointingtowardsBastutrsk,7iles.NearthecrossroadswasasallbridgewithacreekthatBlokvistassuedwasthewater,thesel.Attheheightofsuer,itwasasprettyasapostcard.
HeparkedinthecourtyardinfrontofaKonsuthatwasnolongeropen,alopositethethirdhouseontherighthandside.Whenheknockedonthedoor,nooneanswered.
HetookanhourlongwalkalongtheroadtowardsHeingen.Hepassedaspotwherethestreabecaerushingrapids.Heettwocatsandsawadeer,butnotasingleperson,beforehetuedaround.MildredBnlundsdoorwasstillshut.
OnapostnearthebridgehefoundapeelingflyerannouncingtheBT,soethingthatcouldbedecipheredastheBjurseleTuktingCarChapionship2002.“Tukting”acarwasapparentlyawintersportthatinvolvedsashingupavehicleontheicecoveredke.
Hewaiteduntil10:00p..beforehegaveupanddrovebacktoNorsj,wherehehadatedinnerandthenwenttobedtoreadthedenoueentofValMcDeridsnovel.
Itwasgrisly.
At10:00SanderaddedoneorenaetoHarrietVangerslist.Shedidsowithsoehesitation.
Shehaddiscoveredashortcut.Atquiteregurintervalsarticleswerepublishedaboutunsolvedurders,andinaSundaysuppleenttotheeveningnewspapershehadfoundanarticlefro1999withtheheadli
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ne“ManyMurderersofWoenGoFree.”Itwasashortarticle,butitincludedthenaesandphotographsofseveralnoteworthyurdervictis.TherewastheSolveigcaseinNorrtlje,theAnitaurderinNorrkping,MargaretainHelsingb,andanuberofothers.
Theoldestcasetoberecountedwasfrothesixties,andnoneoftheurdersatchedthelistthatSanderhadbeengivenbyBlokvist.Butonecasedidattractherattention.
InJune1962aprostitutebythenaeofLeaPerssonfroGtebhadgooUddevaltovisitherotherandheineyearoldson,whoherotherwastakingcareof.OnaSundayevening,afteravisitofseveraldays,Leahadhuggedherother,saidgoodbye,andcaughtthetrainbacktoGteb.Shewasfoundtwodaysterbehindacontaineronanindustrialsitenolongerinuse.Shehadbeenraped,andherbodyhadbeensubjectedtoextraordinaryviolence.
TheLeaurderarousedagreatdealofattentionasasuerserialstoryinthenewspaper,butnokillerhadeverbeenidentified.TherewasnoLeaonHarrietVangerslist.NordidtheannerofherdeathfitwithanyofHarrietsBiblequotes.
Ontheotherhand,therewassuchaarrecoincidencethatSandersantennaeinstantlybuzzed.AbouttenyardsfrowhereLeasbodywasfoundyaflowerpotwithapigeoninside.Soeonehadtiedastringroundthepigeonsneckandpulleditthroughtheholeinthebottoofthepot.Thenthepotwasputonalittlefirethathadbeenidbetweentwobricks.TherewasnocertaintythatthiscrueltyhadanyconnectionwiththeLeaurder.Itcouldhavebeenachildpyingahorriblegae,butthepressdubbedtheurderthePigeonMurder.
SanderwasnoBiblereadershedidnotevenownonebutthateveningshewentovertoHgalidChurchandwithsoedifficultysheanagedtoborrowaBible.ShesatonaparkbenchoutsidethechurchandreadLeviticus.WhenshereachedChapter12,verse8,hereyebrowswentup.Chapter12dealtwiththepurificationofwoenafterchildbirth.
Andifshecannotaffordab,thensheshalltaketwoturtledovesortwoyoungpigeons,oneforabutofferingandtheotherforasinoffering；andthepriestshalkeatoneentforher,andsheshallbeclean.
LeacouldverywellhavebeenincludedinHarrietsdateas:Lea31208.
Sanderthoughtthatnoresearchshehadeverdonebeforehadcontainedevenafractionofthescopeofthisassignent.
MildredBnlund,rearriedandnowMildredBerggren,openedthedoorwhenBlokvistknockedaround10:00onSundayoing.Thewoanwasucholder,ofcourse,andhadbynowfilledoutagooddeal,butherecognisedheratonce.
“Hi,ynaeisMikaelBlokvist.YouustbeMildredBerggren.”
“Thatsright.”
“Isorryforknockingonyourdoorlikethis,butIvebeentryingtofindyou,anditsratherplicatedtoexpin.”Hesiledather.“IwonderifIcouldeinandtakeupasalountofyourtie.”
Mildredshusbandandasonwhowasaboutthirtyfivewerehoe,andwithoutuchhesitationsheinvitedBlokvisttoeandsitintheirkitchen.Heshookhandswitheachofthe.Hehaddrunkorecoffeeduringthepasttwentyfourhoursthanatanytieinhislife,butbynowhehadleaedthatinNorrnditwasrudetosayno.Whenthecoffeecupswereonthetable,Mildredsatdownandaskedwithsoecuriosityhowshecouldhelphi.ItwasobviousthathedidnoteasilyunderstandherNorsjdialect,sosheswitchedtostandardSwedish.
Blokvisttookadeepbreath.“Thisisalongandpeculiarstory,”hesaid.“InSepteber1966youwereinHedestadwithyourthenhusband,GunnarBnlund.”
Shelookedsurprised.HewaitedforhertonodbeforeheidthephotographfroJvgsgatanonthetableinfrontofher.
“WhenwasthispicturetakenDoyoureebertheoasion”
“Oh,ygoodness,”MildredBerggrensaid.“Thatwasalifetieago.”
Herpresenthusbandandsoncaetostandnexttohertolookatthepicture.
“Wewereonourhoneyoon.WehaddrivendowntoStockhondSigtunaandwereonourwayhoeandhappenedtosoewhere.WasitinHedestad,yousaid”