A body has been found in a wooded area close to the Digerrojr barrow in Alskogen in the south of Gotland. Emergency services were contacted on Wednesday by a member of the public.

It has still not been possible to determine the identity or age of the deceased, but the remains are thought to be male. It has also been established that the body was in this location for a relatively long period prior to its discovery.

The circumstances around the man’s death remain very unclear, and the matter is now in the hands of the police.

“Whether a crime has been committed in connection with this death is not clear at present,” said the pretrial investigator. He believes it is also possible that the individual got lost, given that the body was found in a location not usually frequented by people.

Thus far, there are no firm suspicions, but the police have cordoned off the scene and the man’s remains have been sent to the National Board of Forensic Medicine.

“It’s not yet possible to say whether this is the 41-year-old male who has been missing since 2014,” said the pretrial investigator. “An autopsy is due to be carried out on the body and we hope to identify the body at that stage. However, we have notified the man’s next of kin that it may be him. We do not know at present when identification will be complete,” he added.

GOTLANDS    ALLEHANDA

June 2018

JUNE

2018

38. Sandra

38

Sandra

IT HAD BEEN more than a month since Kerstin had last called, and that worried Sandra. Kerstin seemed so burdened by her worries and the loneliness she was experiencing that she might be in the danger zone for ending it all. But Sandra persuaded herself that Kerstin would never take that step without contacting Friends-on-call and Sandra first. It simply couldn’t be any other way. She was attached to Kerstin, inspired by their conversations and the detective work they were doing together. What was more, she needed to talk to Kerstin. Their conversations were therapeutic for Sandra too, and there were questions she needed to ask.

Kerstin wasn’t the only person keeping their head down. There had been no sign of life from Hallin since that fateful bouquet of flowers had turned up on the porch. Above all, the child support payment she had demanded hadn’t shown up in her bank account, which was unacceptable.

He’d had a month or so to gather his thoughts and make a sensible decision. To respond by sending a threatening message via the flowers, in practice basically ignoring the problem, wasn’t just thoughtless but was sheer lunacy given that he was risking a rape accusation being pinned on him. Hallin must surely have understood that was the risk he faced if he didn’t do the right thing.