FINNISH MURDERS: The Death of Kyllikki Saari (PART 2)
On October 11, 1953, the body of Kyllikki Saari was discovered in a peat bog close to her home. She was missing for over 4 months and her family was desperate for answers. The young teenager went disappeared on Sunday, 17 May 1953, when she was biking home from a church youth event. It would be the last time anyone would see her. In Part 1 , we left at the point where Kyllikki's body was found. Unfortunately, her father and older brother, Kalevi, were part of the search party that discovered her remains. They were the also the ones that identified it. Her body was found buried 193 metres from the road she was cycling on. Police suspected that her death was caused by blunt force trauma to her head as her cheekbones and her nose was broken. Sexual assault was also suspected because she was partially naked. Her face and torso were covered by her own coat, which suggested that the murderer could have been remorseful or ashamed of what he had done. There was a huge g...