Case 214
Kevin Hjalmarsson
*** Content Warning: child victim ***
When the body of four-year-old Kevin Hjalmarsson was found floating on a wooden pallet in Sweden’s Kyrkviken bay, police determined that it wasn’t a tragic drowning, but a cold-blooded murder. The only problem was, there was next to no physical evidence, and all police had to go by were the ever-changing statements given by the local children.
It soon becomes clear that the children are lying, but why? Is it because they are too young to understand, or because they actually have something to hide?
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
OFFICIAL REPORTS
The Kevin Case: an account of the police’s preliminary investigation in Arvika in the autumn of 1998 – Nina Hjelmgren
Arvika After Kevin: An account of efforts and experiences in connection with a child murder – Nina Hjelmgren
BOOKS
The story of the Kevin Case: The family’s own words about the big legal scandal – Andreas Slätt
VIDEOS
Documents from Within: The Kevin Case – SVT
The Unsolved Case of Four Year Old Kevin – YouTube
ONLINE ARTICLES
Thomas Quick: the Swedish serial killer that never was – The Guardian
The brothers message – Teller Report
Brothers cleared of killing 4 year old Kevin after 20 years – The Local
Investigation into 4yo Kevin’s brutal death reopens after 19 years – Kid Spot
WEBSITES
Remembering and forgetting traumatic experiences: A matter of survival – Sven Åke Christianson
Forget Me Not: The Persistent Myth of Repressed Memories – Psychology Today