Case 222
Karina Holmer
In 1996, Karina Holmer left her small Swedish village of Skillingaryd to travel to Boston, Massachusetts. The 19-year-old had plans to work as an au pair with an American family who lived in an affluent neighbourhood called Dover.
Karina settled in well with her host family: married couple Frank Rapp and Susan Nichter and their two young children. But just three months after arriving in Dover, Karina suddenly disappeared after a night out with friends…
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Jessica Forsayeth
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
NEWS ARTICLES
Severed body is that of au pair – The Boston Globe
Probe widens in au pair slaying – The Boston Globe
Clues sought in teen slaying – North Adams Transcript (AP)
Local au pairs worry about safety – The Boston Globe
Police are focusing on man outside club in au pair’s murder – The Boston Globe
Psychologists say killing doesn’t fit sadist pattern – The Boston Globe
Friend of slain nanny tells of threat – The Boston Globe
Au pair used fake ID at bar, friend says – The Boston Globe
Police search for men last seen with murdered au pair – North Adams Transcript (AP)
‘The finest gift is life,’ wrote slain Swedish nanny – North Adams Transcript (AP)
Au pair’s employer had new dump permit – The Boston Globe
Au pairs, friends remember slain Swedish nanny – North Adams Transcript (AP)
Nightlife alluring for foreign au pairs – The Berkshire Eagle (AP)
Au pair probers find a print – The Boston Globe
Panhandler reviewed in nanny case – The Boston Globe
Village’s distant horror comes home – The Boston Globe
Evidence shows rope or cord was used in nanny’s killing – The Boston Globe
Detectives report few fresh clues as they study au pair’s slaying – The Boston Globe
Police officer faced questions in slaying of Swedish nanny – The Boston Globe
Figure in case of nanny seems to be suicide – The Boston Globe
Nanny slay case cited in suicide – The Boston Globe
Year later, au pair case unsolved – The Boston Globe
Swedish au pair’s murder a fading mystery – (AP) North Adams Transcript
FBI to aid slain au pair case – The Boston Globe
Gruesome Fla. slaying likened to nanny case – The Boston Globe
FBI is asked to help in probe of Fla. body – The Boston Globe
Half a body in a dumpster – The Boston Globe